Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fiery and confrontational White Home go to on Friday was the topic of the chilly open for the newest episode of “Saturday Evening Reside,” and the sketch even featured present alum and “Austin Powers” star Mike Myers as billionaire Elon Musk.
With forged member Mikey Day as Zelenskyy, James Austin Johnson as Trump, Bowen Yang as Vance and Marcello Hernandez as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the sketch poked enjoyable on the real-life Trump and Zelenskyy arguing within the Oval Workplace about whether or not the struggle, which started three years in the past when Russia invaded Ukraine, was like a card sport.
“You say you wish to finish this struggle, however frankly, you do not have the playing cards,” Johnson as Trump mentioned. “I’ve the playing cards, okay. I’ve skip, draw 4. I’ve reverse. I’ve get out of jail free, the Supreme Court docket gave me that one.”
Day as Zelenskyy then instructed the American leaders go to Ukraine, to which Yang as Vance responded, “Hey! Do not you even dare. I’ve been to Ukraine… on Google Maps.”
The joke alluded to the truth that Vance mentioned he had not been to Ukraine however had “watched and seen the tales” from the nation’s struggle efforts in the course of the real-life alternate that shocked lots of America’s long-standing allies.
Johnson as Trump then criticized Zelenskyy for not carrying a swimsuit, saying, “It is disrespectful. Who exhibits as much as the White Home in a t-shirt and denims like a rubbish particular person.”
That’s when Myers as Musk, carrying his signature “Tech Help” t-shirt and black overcoat comes into the sketch, together with a chainsaw, which the real-life Musk wielded at CPAC as a option to symbolize his slashing of the federal government.
“Donald, what are you doing in my workplace?” Myers as Musk requested Johnson as Trump. ” I am the president now, proper?”
See the complete chilly open right here:
The visitor host for this week’s episode was comic Shane Gillis, together with musical visitor Tate McRae.
The episode was the primary since the “SNL 50: The Anniversary Celebration,” which was a greater than three hour particular reunion of the long-running present’s forged and iconic visitor hosts.
Subsequent, Woman Gaga will function the visitor hose and musical visitor for the March 8 episode.
