'SNL' Weekend Update Calls Out 'Psycho' Trump for Peace Prize Snag
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Key Points:
- Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update mocked Donald Trump for accepting a Nobel Peace Prize medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado, who won the award and reportedly seeks Trump's support to succeed President Nicolas Maduro.
- Trump had lobbied for the Nobel Peace Prize but lost to Machado, leading his ally Gianni Infantino to create a "FIFA Peace Prize" for him instead.
- Co-anchor Michael Che criticized Trump for accepting someone else's prize and compared the situation to Nazi minister Joseph Goebbels accepting another's medal.
- Colin Jost satirized Trump's foreign policy, highlighting the capture of Maduro, threats to invade Greenland, and potential military action in Iran, noting these actions contradict Trump's "America First" promise.
- Jost also joked about
