*”Saturday Night Live” wasted no time in diving headfirst into the whirlwind of chaos that was the recent Oval Office showdown between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The show’s cold open served up a delightful mix of political satire, absurdity, and enough snarky commentary to make a seasoned comedian proud. Oh, and for some reason, Mike Myers decided to drop in like a little kid at a lemonade stand, but more on that later.
The sketch kicked off with Mikey Day portraying Zelensky and James Austin Johnson as Trump; it’s basically a match made in parody heaven. The faux Trump introduced himself as “President and CEO of Gaza Hotel and Casino,” because of course he did. Who wouldn’t want their political meetings to double as a promotional event for a new Trump-brand enterprise?
Day’s Zelensky looked bewildered as Trump continued, “I’d like to welcome President Zelensky to this incredible trap,” fully embracing the notion that politics is just one big, elaborate game show.
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The hilarity thickened when the fake Trump decided to take a sartorial shot at Zelensky.
“I’d like to thank President Zelensky for dressing like casual Star Trek. We love Star Trek because there’s no DEI. The white guy was the leader and he bossed around Spock who was, I believe, Guatemalan.”
Seriously, Trump running a DEI-free version of Star Trek sounds like a bad pitch for a sci-fi sitcom. Maybe a group of aliens will come to Earth to save us from such ignorance, but we doubt they’d come equipped with a sense of humor.
Now here’s the kicker: enter Mike Myers, emerging from the shadows like a Halloween enthusiast who missed the memo that it’s not October. He shows up as DOGE-head Elon Musk, donning a ‘tech support’ t-shirt and black jeans, wielding a red chainsaw like it’s the latest must-have gadget from your favorite tech outlet. Because what better way to signify a tech CEO than by having him armed with a chainsaw, right? Let’s just assume he was planning on ‘cutting’ through the nonsense of politics, though we know better. It’s already a circus; do we really need the chainsaw?
Myers had the crowd roaring as he claimed, “This Oval Office belongs to me. We love mass firings because you don’t have to know what any of their names are or what exactly they do.” Can someone please give this man an award for staying completely on brand? Terrifyingly, it sounds eerily close to real-life corporate speak.
On to the Weekend Update segment! Colin Jost humorously recapped how Zelensky was essentially thrown out of the White House post-shout-fest and somehow ended up on Fox News, attempting to salvage his relationship with Trump.
“Trying to fix that up is like Justin Baldoni saying I’d love to work with Blake again,” Jost quipped. Ah, yes, because we all know that good intentions don’t always cut it when you’re dealing with reality TV stars masquerading as world leaders.
As if that wasn’t enough to wrap up the satire with a bow, the cold open concluded with Fake Trump declaring he was releasing the Epstein files. “Yes, America is going to see all the names, from A to S. No T.” A slight pause for dramatic effect, because nothing says “I care” quite like a half-hearted promise that leaves the public asking, “Wait, what names are we actually getting?”
In a world where political tensions run high and satire reigns supreme, SNL remains a staple of comedic relief — or perhaps it just provides chilling validation that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. If you’re not tuning in weekly to watch these absurdities unfold, what are you even doing with your life? So keep your chainsaws handy and your Starfleet uniforms at the ready, because this political landscape isn’t going to laugh at itself anytime soon.
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