US Edition‘SNL’ marks Trump’s first 100 days in office with cold open spoofing bevy of executive orders
- Saturday Night Live returned on the weekend of May 3-4, 2025, featuring a cold open spoofing President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office on a set resembling the Oval Office.
- The sketch marked this milestone by portraying Trump signing 147 executive orders, with Mikey Day debuting as Stephen Miller, who handed Trump new, humorous orders.
- The cold open included orders jokingly banning ghosts, easing the New York Times game Connections, and one called the Belichick Law, normalizing relationships with large age gaps.
- James Austin Johnson returned as Trump, mentioning a new executive order dubbed the "Belichick Law," a nod to football coach Bill Belichick’s relationship with a much younger partner; Miller also humorously proposed renaming the word recession to recess.
- The sketch satirized Trump’s prolific order signing and hinted at cultural themes, while SNL prepared for two more episodes this season hosted by Walton Goggins and Scarlett Johansson.
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‘SNL’ Debuts New Stephen Miller Impression to Rip Trump’s First 100 Days
Saturday Night Live kicked off this week’s cold open by introducing cast member Mikey Day as Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. “Mr. President, it’s an absolute pleasure to be here‚” Day’s Miller said in a slimy, unsettling voice. “Wow,” replied Trump, once again played by James Austin Johnson. “Even the nice things you say sound like Kylo Ren.” Miller gave Trump some more executive orders to sign, riffing on how the real-life Trump h…
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