Appearance of Donald Trump’s train wreck in East Palestine heats up ‘SNL’ star — Deadline

‘Oh, it’s great to be here in the town of East Palestine, not a great name,’ says James Austin Johnson portraying Donald Trump as he kicks off tonight Saturday Night Live. “I’m here and I brought hats and cameras and hats,” he added, after he swiped Joe Biden to visit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this week and received a visit over his own legal troubles.

“That’s why you need me,” she puts on her MAGA hat SNL Trump went on to say. “I feel like I can Sheet Creek this place. ”

Just over three days after the first, and hopefully a future POTUS, he self-journeyed to the small Ohio town that suffered a massive chemical burn that followed a train derailment, tonight. SNL The cold open definitely started more in time than most of the show has had 48^y season. After doing double duty for months as both Trump and Biden, Johnson has again enthusiastically demonstrated that the former is his strong suit.

Modeling what sounded like a train wreck for the real Trump’s appearance in East Palestine on Feb. 22, Johnson listened to the “beautiful rainbow and color change” of the town’s water, Rihanna’s halftime show at the Super Bowl and “Your train exploded and who do we blame?”

answer from SNLTrump, as in real life, was Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

This was his responsibility. Unfortunately he was too busy being a nerd and gay,” Trump Johnson was so close to death to the big laughs.” But that would never have happened under my administration. People say I made trains less safe. incorrect. Well, that’s not true. I did a lot for trains. It might have made them bigger, faster, and less safe.”

One day after the one-year anniversary of Russia’s ill-advised and brutal invasion of undefeated Ukraine, tonight’s edition of NBC’s much-anticipated late-night show had plenty of material to draw from. Besides a very serious war on NATO’s eastern edge, there’s crazy, deadly wet weather in California, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Presidents’ Day calling for a “national divorce” and friction escalating in the ranks of the GOP as ex-friends of Trump and Ron DeSantis and a foot stamp spar over the 2024 nomination. And that looming indictment.

Back to Trump’s seemingly bottomless pit, which he controversially hosted SNL In the midst of a 2016 campaign, it wasn’t exactly the most original approach the show could have taken tonight – but it was a tried-and-true tactic that certainly didn’t tire.

Taking the dangerous and absurd turns of Trumpland up, SNL Also directed by Emily Kohrs, as played by cast member Chloe Fineman.

If you missed her media roundup this week, Kohrs’ gabs in Special Grand Jury Captain’s look at Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Push Cyrus, and interviewees wink at the behind-closed-doors deliberations that may threaten the issue itself. In real life, Trump has called the Beach State grand jury a “kangaroo court” and mocked Kohrs herself.

On SNL, a mock Trump said, “Can you believe it? They almost got me and then this little horse girl comes along and saves the day. Thank you, Emily.”

Back for the first time since February 4th, tonight SNL Host Woody Harrelson sees him join the Five-Timer Club. Out of hosting periods as far back as cheers Days 1989, followed by 1992, 2014 and 2019, White House Plumbers star Harrelson also appeared SNL Back in the early days of the 2020 presidential campaign as then-candidate Joe Biden. In what is no coincidence, tonight is also the fifth time Jack White, 30, has rocked Rockefeller Plaza Studio 8H. SNLmusical guest.

Next week, in Season 48, Saturday Night Live Kansas City Chiefs will see tight end and Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce make his hosting debut, with Kelsea Ballerini as musical guest. On March 11th, the show will be Wednesday Gina Ortega Showdown star SNL with 1975 as a musical.