Saturday Night Live kicks off with an emergency meeting inside the Oval Office, where President Joe Biden (James Austin Johnson) and a team of advisers discuss the standoff between Russia and Ukraine. Almost as dire as the assembly of Russian troops at the Ukrainian border is the former’s disinformation campaign within the latter. Ukraine has been flooded by fake news stories on Facebook (such as “Neil Young to Remove Music from Spotify Unless Ukraine Surrenders”), pro-invasion memes and TikTok videos, and TV commercials featuring Aaron Rodgers (Pete Davidson), who recently “left the Packers to fight for Russia”.
