On ‘S.N.L.,’ Trump Recaps his Recent ‘Legal-ish’ Activities
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- The first "Saturday Night Live" episode of 2026, hosted by Finn Wolfhard with musical guest ASAP Rocky, opened with James Austin Johnson portraying President Trump.
- In his monologue, Johnson's Trump humorously claimed to have received a Nobel Prize originally awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, which he then dismissed.
- The sketch referenced Trump's fictional achievement of ousting former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, joking that he ran "a reverse Santa" operation to remove him.
