Saturday Night Live is attempting to steal HBO’s thunder.
On an episode hosted by Jon Hamm, the NBC sketch present launched “The White POTUS,” that includes James Austin Johnson’s caricature of President Donald Trump numbing the ache of his personal existential disaster within the wake of the financial crash not with lorazepam, however with a hen nugget.
He isn’t alone, both. We’re additionally launched to SNL alum’s Alex Moffat’s Eric Trump and, in a shock cameo, Scarlett Johansson makes an look as Ivanka Trump. Trump Jr. (Mikey Day) is there, too.
“Can you imagine how awful it would if America lost all its money?” Melania asks over breakfast, making yet one more pointed nod at Trump’s latest tariff insurance policies (of which there have been many in Saturday evening’s episode). “You would never let our economy go to pieces, right hon?”
The episode’s host, Jon Hamm, can also be featured as RFK, Jr., Beck Bennett is again as shirtless Vladimir Putin, and even musical visitor Lizzo jumped in for this one, enjoying a dissatisfied American after realizing their 401k had tanked. Noticing she has solely $5 million in her checking account, she exclaims: “It was 20 million last week!”
Actual The White Lotus forged member Jon Gries additionally made a cameo as his character, Greg.
You can watch the sketch above.