Saturday Night Live parodied Donald Trump’s press conference, featuring a few awkward questions
The president-elect once again responded to SNL on Twitter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Gf0mGJfP8
Update: It seems that Saturday Night Live is one-for-one in provoking a reaction from President-elect Donald Trump this year. In a tweet Sunday evening, Trump called SNL “the worst of NBC” and “really bad television.”
.@NBCNews is bad but Saturday Night Live is the worst of NBC. Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
His reaction marks the third time since winning the election—and the fourth time in less than three months—that the president-elect has lashed out at SNL. Most recently, Trump tweeted that the show was “unwatchable” and “totally biased” after a sketch mocking his unchecked Twitter habits.
Original post below:
Five days until the inauguration, and Saturday Night Live is still not holding back.
In its first show of 2017, SNL returned its crosshairs to its favorite target of 2016: Donald Trump, which means more Alec Baldwin.
Spoofing the president-elect’s press conference last Wednesday—Trump’s first in nearly six months—Baldwin starts off by plugging the upcoming inauguration, boasting performances by 3 Doors Down and “the one Rockette with the least money in hey savings.”
But as it came time to take questions from reporters, the sketch turned to a perhaps predictable topic: Reports about Russian operatives obtaining certain compromising information about Trump.
CNN first reported on the existence of the unverified memos, which were then published outright by BuzzFeed, igniting a fierce debate over the latter outlet’s decision. Journalism ethics aside, SNL ran with it.
“Guys, I do not want to talk about the pee-pee,” Baldwin says, after two reporters in the sketch ask him about the unverified claims.
President-elect Donald Trump only wants to talk about what is really important in this country. #SNL pic.twitter.com/1rSIJydIIJ
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) January 15, 2017
Real-life Trump has also categorically denied the claims, as well as reports that his campaign communicated and colluded with the Russian government.
Eventually, the SNL skit went on to other subjects, including the Affordable Care Act, Trump’s potential business conflicts, Ben Carson, and Steve Harvey. Russian President Vladimir Putin even gets a question in.
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/820510613415858176
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