Saturday Night Live suffered some criticism for giving Joe Biden a chance in his first new episode of 2021, and cast member Alex Moffat was again absent in action as the 46th president on this week’s show. And when “Weekend Update” arrived, it was clear how much the show was missing Donald Trump.
“Former social media influencer Donald Trump,” Colin Jost began, getting a pause for applause for his setup, “will not testify at his impeachment trial next week and I think I speak for all of us when I say, come on, please ? “
“Give us one last show, man,” he continued. “Stop feeling sorry for yourself, apply your extensions and enter the trial as if you were Maury Povich and you were not the father. Come on, think about it, you can shout out all the tweets that you weren’t allowed to post last month. “
For example, Jost speculated that Trump wanted to post “Worst opening ever #PoemBarelyRhymed” or “No nom for Tim Allen? #GlobesTooBlack. “
“Unfortunately, Trump is not doing this,” he added, “but he will be defended on the trail by lawyers who refused to sue Bill Cosby and who agreed to represent Jeffrey Epstein before his death, which raises the question, what Trump thinks is he being accused? “
To be fair, Weekend Update started with a relatively straightforward joke from Biden. “President Biden said on Friday that he would move forward with his $ 1.9 trillion stimulus plan with or without Republican support,” began Jost. “Because this economy needs a massage and Joe Biden is not waiting for permission.”
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