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John Oliver examines Trump's proposed banknote and America's love of hundreds

The full Last Week Tonight episode adds a currency investigation to its midterm coverage, including an official who put his own portrait on money.

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 776,974 views.

S13 E28: Midterm Elections & The $100 Bill: 11/1/26: Last Week Tonight with John OliverS13 E28: Midterm Elections & The $100 Bill: 11/1/26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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  1. 1:50Oliver argues that Republicans face a difficult midterm election, while recalling how polling can mislead.
  2. 16:26He examines outside campaign spending and attack ads targeting Democratic candidates.
  3. 28:23The currency section begins with commemorative Trump coins and a proposed banknote bearing his portrait.
  4. 30:20Spencer Clark's self-portrait on a five-cent note helps explain the prohibition on depicting living people.
  5. 32:00Oliver explores the hundred-dollar bill's global circulation and its usefulness in illicit trade.
  6. 34:03Steve Harvey explains his preference for carrying hundreds through the law of attraction.

Spencer M. Clark found an unusually effective way to get his face into circulation: he put it on a five-cent note. John Oliver revisits that nineteenth-century episode in the currency section of Last Week Tonight's full Sunday broadcast, which drew about 780,000 views since yesterday.

The election segment was covered separately, as we reported here. This upload also includes Oliver's examination of commemorative Trump coins and a proposed $250 bill bearing Donald Trump's likeness. That takes him back to Clark, a Treasury official whose choice of portrait helped prompt Congress to prohibit living people's faces on U.S. currency.

From the question of who gets pictured, Oliver moves to what people actually carry. He explains that the hundred is the most widely circulated U.S. banknote, then explores its usefulness far beyond an ordinary trip to the store, including in illicit trade around the world.

Steve Harvey supplies a more personal explanation for keeping hundreds close. In an archival clip, he links carrying only those bills to the law of attraction. It is a distinctly different argument from Oliver's account of the practical appeal of high-denomination cash.

For viewers coming from the standalone midterms upload, the additional investigation begins around 28 minutes in. Clark's self-portrait follows shortly afterward, turning a proposed presidential banknote into a story about an official who already tried putting himself on the money.

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The facts
Subscribers
10,200,000
Channel views, last 7 days
19,145,798
Channel views, pace per day
5,814,891 (on a normal day: 1,939,142)
Video published
November 2, 2026
Video views so far
776,974 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
775,784

The numbers

The full episode drew about 780,000 views since yesterday, separate from the standalone midterm segment.

subscribers
10,200,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
4,959,767,574
views per day
5,814,891
typical day: 1,939,142
the video
views
776,974
likes
18,698
comments
1,178
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
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5,770,000
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5,510,000
As of November 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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