Trump, SNL and Cold Open
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Amy Poehler and Ana Gasteyer only have nice things to say about Donald Trump’s East Wing makeover—in a sense.
Saturday Night Live took aim at Donald Trump in a blistering cold open that skewered the president over the release of heavily redacted Jeffrey Epstein files — but the sketch quickly sparked backlash from MAGA supporters who accused the show of bias.
On Saturday, December 20, James Austin Johnson once again embodied the POTUS, 79, for the opening skit. Johnson, as Trump, gave a Christmas address, and SNL took aim at the renaming of the Kennedy Center to the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
An Ambien and Adderall cocktail had the already-unfiltered president in top form during this weekend's cold open.