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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'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 …
SNL Trump Crashes Press Conference to Offer Epstein Files for $800 Each
Saturday Night Live didn’t waste a second going after the week’s political circus, and Donald Trump—played again by James Austin Johnson—was right in the center of it. Johnson’s Trump, who just last week casually stood by as a man collapsed in the Oval Office sketch, barreling into a moment that mirrored a real-life viral clip, returned with even more chaotic energy. This time, he crashed a mock White House press briefing held by the show’s vers…
SNL parodies Epstein files crisis in 'one of the best cold opens in recent years'
The crisis surrounding US president Donald Trump and the release of files pertaining to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was parodied by Saturday Night Live this week, when Karoline Leavitt - played by Ashley Padilla - claimed there was 'no news this week' and Trump (James Austin Johnson) announced he would put every Epstein file on sale.
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