‘Saturday Night Live’ cast jokingly ask Trump to keep them off his ‘enemies list’ : NPR

The solid of Saturday Night time Dwell sarcastically pledged their allegiance to President-elect Donald Trump and jokingly touted their assist for him and his billionaire backer Elon Musk of their first episode since Trump’s re-election this week.

Throughout the present’s chilly open, solid members, together with Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim and Heidi Gardner, somberly spoke of the election outcomes, calling them “surprising and even horrifying”.

“Donald Trump, who tried to forcibly overturn the outcomes of the final election, was returned to workplace by an amazing majority. This is similar Donald Trump who overtly referred to as for vengeance in opposition to his political enemies,” the solid mentioned. “And now, because of the Supreme Court docket, there aren’t any guardrails. Nothing to guard the people who find themselves courageous sufficient to talk out in opposition to him.”

Then, the temper took a sarcastic flip when the solid mentioned, “And that’s the reason we at SNL want to say to Donald Trump, we’ve been with you all alongside. We’ve by no means wavered in our assist of you, even when others doubted you.”

Colin Jost, co-anchor of SNL’s “Weekend Replace,” teased his co-anchor, Michael Che, saying Che was from the “lamestream media”, and joking he had tried to spin their information updates to make Trump look “silly.”

“So, if you happen to’re maintaining some form of record of your enemies, then we shouldn’t be on that record,” the solid joked, earlier than Jost added: “And it is c-h-e. Che”.

The comedy present’s joking try to get on Trump’s good aspect comes because the president-elect prepares to return to the White Home and has vowed to punish his perceived enemies.

Final week, Kamala Harris made a shock journey to New York Metropolis to look on Saturday Night time Dwell, within the hope of boosting her possibilities on this week’s election. However Vice President Harris resoundingly misplaced, profitable 226 electoral school votes to Trump’s 312.

A number of folks have impersonated Trump since 1988 on SNL, from his days as a businessman to his first presidency, when actor Alec Baldwin famously performed Trump. Trump was a host on the show in 2015 however has often railed in opposition to the present, calling for the Federal Communications Fee and Federal Election Fee to “look into” the present’s protection of him in 2019.

The present additionally debuted an impression of Elon Musk by Dana Carvey and “Scorching Jacked Trump”, portrayed by James Austin Johnson carrying a purple bandana and flexing pretend muscle tissues, who mentioned, “they lastly received the physique proper.”

“Any longer, we’ll do [a] very flattering portrayal of Trump,” Johnson mentioned. “As a result of he is frankly my hero and he will make an unimaginable president and finally King. We love you, buddy.”