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Saturday Night Live's latest episode aired on May 3, 2025, and featured various hilarious skits. One of them was Cold Open featuring James Austin Johnson as President Trump. Along with him, Mikey Day played White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, while Marcello Hernandez played Marco Rubio.
Fans witnessed a James Austin Johnson, aka President Trump, referring to himself as "perhaps the next Pope". Marking the 100 days of his presidency, he compared it to feeling like a "hundred years". He also signed some executive orders, which were quite funny and related to a few incidents.
After witnessing the Cold Open segment featuring the US President Trump, played by James Austin James, fans were divided. Some of them found the skit to be quite hilarious, while some fans criticized the performance as it featured "how broken the US is".
Fans took to the social media platform X and shared their thoughts on Saturday Night Live's latest Cold Open skit.
A fan wrote on X:
"@SNL please stop doing Trump cold opens… boring and not funny anymore #SNL."
Another Saturday Night Live fan commented about James Austin Johnson's performance as President Trump:
"Well done James Austin Johnson. Your Trump is astounding. You got the hand gestures down. Low. Hourglass. I wanted the Cold Open to go on and on. Very funny. @nbcsnl @JAJCenter #SNL."
A netizen commented about SNL's Trump-focused skits and how they are "not funny":
"I absolutely hated Trump ,but I'm getting real tired of these Trump focused #SNL cold opens,not only are they not funny but they just continue to point out how broken the US is, I mean what's the point in that in the cold open when we have weekend update."
A user referred to the SNL's Cold Open segment featuring Trump as "darker":
"#SNL went darker with Trump in tonight's open. About time."
One more Saturday Night Live fan wrote about James Austin Johnson's performance on the Cold Open:
"James Austin Johnson's Trump impression on #SNL is absurdly good."
A person commented about Trump needing more "pale" eyes:
"#SNL gave its Trump SLIGHTLY better makeup tonight, but the area around his eyes needs to be more pale."
An X user wrote about the executive orders that President Trump signed during the Cold Open segment:
"Trump (@JAJCenter) almost forgot to pose with the executive order #SNL #SNL50."
Another user commented and shared one of the dialogues from the skit:
"My bad! It's me your favorite president and perhaps your next pope": Trump (@JAJCenter) #SNL #SNL50."
A person stated they were "tired" of the Trump openings on SNL:
"Tired of Trump openings on #SNL, even if they can be humorous."
Saturday Night Live Season 50 Episode 18: James Austin Johnson returns as President Trump and signs hilarious executive orders
Recently released Saturday Night Live Finale featured Trump Executive Orders Cold Open segment. The skit featured James Austin Johnson as President Trump signing various executive orders.
"I've also signed 147 executive orders, everything from banning paper straws to defunding PBS,"
he said. Soon, he mentioned that his Deputy Chief of Staff and Lord of the Shadows, Stephen Miller (played by Mikey Day), would be joining him. The first executive order was to bring back Columbus Day.
One of the executive orders was for a man in his 70s to date a 24-year-old, which the President said he would be calling the Belichick Law.
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Saturday Night Live is now streaming the Trump Executive Orders Cold Open segment on NBC.
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