Overview
- In a Tuesday conversation at the Oxford Union, O'Brien argued that comics who default to saying 'F Trump' are being 'co-opted' by anger and losing effectiveness.
- He said President Trump's habit of 'talking crazy' makes structured satire difficult because reality outpaces exaggeration.
- O'Brien urged comedians to remain funny and channel political anger into creative work, calling good art a 'perfect weapon against power.'
- He pointed to plans for a White House ballroom as an example of real events that mirror sketch premises, joking about creating a 'new Mar-a-Lago.'
- He also accused FCC Chair Brendan Carr of putting 'his hand on the scale' in Jimmy Kimmel's brief suspension, a claim reported from the interview without independent confirmation in these articles.