Saturday Night Live certainly had its work cut out this week. The cold open was obviously going to be about the disastrous spectacle that was the oval office press conference between President Donald Trump, vice president JD Vance, and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy two days ago. Given what a clownshow the actual event was, it seemed an impossible task for SNL to parody.
And for the most part, that was the case. They basically recreate the scene, barely exaggerating as Trump (James Austin Johnson) welcomes Zelenskyy to “this incredible trap”, attacking him for no reason and asking him to apologize for “invading Russia”. Vance (Bowen Yang) acts like a spoiled brat, demanding thanks and compliments, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Marcello Hernández) silently and fully dissociates.
