US Edition‘SNL’ Cold Open Mocks Trump Dodging Questions About Epstein Files
SNL satirized White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and President Trump’s evasive responses to questions about 20,000 newly released Epstein emails mentioning Trump.
- In SNL, Will Forte reprised his character MacGruber, who became flustered when presented with the Epstein files containing his name.
- The cold open mocked Trump dodging questions about why he's trying to block the release of Epstein investigative files.
- One reporter questioned Trump about allegations in the emails, including a claim that there's a picture of him performing oral sex on someone named Bubba, an old nickname for Bill Clinton.
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‘You Know You Suck, Right’: Karoline Leavitt Loses It on Reporters Asking Trump-Epstein Questions — and the Meltdown Gets Torched on SNL
“Saturday Night Live” kicked things off with Karoline Leavitt front and center this past weekend, turning her latest White House briefing moments into a sketch that closely mirrored her real-life exchanges with reporters. Ashley Padilla stepped into the role, capturing Karoline’s urgency and controlled delivery as the show opened inside the familiar press room. From the start, the writers made it clear they were using her recent interactions as …
America is getting to be a strange country
If Donald Trump has nothing to hide, if, in fact, he wanted to back up his claim that he neither participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking, or even knew about it, there is a simple solution. Give the green light to release all the Epstein files held by the U.S. Department of Justice.
'SNL' mocks Donald Trump's reaction to Epstein files in cold open
Will Forte also returns for three Epstein-related "MacGruber" sketches.Saturday Night Live/YouTube James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump on 'Saturday Night Live'Saturday Night Live didn't skip its chance to skewer President Donald Trump over the recently released Jeffrey Epstein emails.The show's latest cold open kicked off with a press briefing that saw Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) defending himself after the House Oversight Committee …
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