Saturday Night Live is back — and season 52 kicked off by trolling Donald Trump and his devoted aide Natalie Harp.
The iconic sketch show opened its brand new season with a cold open featuring James Austin Johnson as Trump speaking to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who was played by guest Ramy Youssef. The two men were then interrupted by a creepy visit from Harp, played by Ashley Padilla.
“Natalie, I didn’t realize you were in New York,” Trump said to Harp, who was frazzled after coming in from the rain. She responded, “Oh, I wasn’t. I ran here from D.C., Weapons-style.”
Harp came under media scrutiny this summer for her unusually personal relationship with Trump. Dubbed the human printer, the 35-year-old White House staffer’s seemingly obsessive loyalty to Trump was demonstrated in resurfaced letters she wrote Trump in 2023, which featured her writing to him: “You are all that matters to me.”
Padilla joked about Harp’s relationship with Trump by doing an impression of the terrifying possessed character in the hit horror movie Obsession. She jokingly promised: “I’m kidding, I’m totally normal!”
The sketch then continued with Harp pulling Mamdani to the side and whispering a warning to him: “If you hurt [Trump], I will end you.”
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