SNL Courtesy of SNL Logo text Saturday Night Live wasted no time parodying President Donald Trump’s polarizing Easter social media post about the Iran war.
The cold open kicked off with James Austin Johnson’s Trump discussing the wording of the post with Ashley Padilla’s Karoline Leavitt.
“Start with, ‘Open the f-ing Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell.’ And then at the end, maybe throw in, ‘Praise be to Allah,'” Johnson’s Trump said, which prompted Padilla’s Leavitt to reply, “You think I should type, ‘Praise be to Allah,’ and that’s from you, the President of the United States?”
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“Yes, yes, Allah, you say Allah. It’s a sarcastic attack on the world’s largest religion,” he added. “They famously have a great sense of humor about that kind of stuff.”
“As your press secretary, this puts me in a tough position, sir,” Padilla’s Leavitt responded. “Oh, don’t worry about that, Karoline. Like I said to Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem right before I fired them, you’re doing a terrific,” he added.
Trump went on to “make some urgent phone calls” amid “a lot of important things happening in the world right now.” His first call was to none other than Tiger Woods (Kenan Thompson), whom he reached while he was in rehab. Trump later called his wife, Melania (played by Chloe Fineman), where she got his advice on releasing a statement clarifying that she was not one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
And to close out the cold open, Johnson’s Trump called Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) to speak about the Iran war.
Colman Domingo served as the host of the night, a day before he’s set to star in the highly-anticipated third season of Euphoria. Next up, he will also lend his acting talents to the Michael Jackson biopic Michael, where he is set to portray Joe Jackson, the Jackson family patriarch.
The Sing Sing actor made his hosting debut on the April 11 show, where he was joined by Anitta as musical guest. There are only three more episodes left of season 51; Grammy winner Olivia Rodrigo will pull double duty on May 2; Matt Damon will host on May 9, alongside Noah Kahan; and Will Ferrell will lead the May 16 season finale, with Paul McCartney as musical guest.
More to come.
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