The final episode of Saturday Night Live’s 49th season begins with a message from Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), from his new home: “The barricades outside a Manhattan courthouse.” The former president laments the possibility of a second term in the White House, admitting that it would be “much better to not win and say it was rigged, and then get very rich raising money to stop the steal and you never have to do president again”.
He also holds off announcing his Veep, although he’s narrowed the choice down to a few names from his “short bus – I mean short list”, including the South Carolina senator Tim Scott (Devon Walker), who literally jumps for him; the South Dakota governor, Kristie Noem, whose history of dog murder Trump sees as both a negative and a positive; and finally, the “late, great” Hannibal Lecter (Michael Longfellow).
