SNL's Weekend update Tonight was hot – no frills and avoiding guests, battles and stand-up sets – with many shots at the President Donald Trumpexpenses after releasing hundreds and thousands Jeffrey Epstein emails this week further implicate the GOP leader in the disgraced tycoon's sex trafficking operation.
“Well, the longest government shutdown in history is finally over after 43 days, and you know, on your first day in the office you need to check all those email backlogs,” co-host Colin Jost – he began, releasing an endless stream of jokes.
He continued: “House Democrats released an email written by Jeffrey Epstein in which he claims Donald Trump 'knew about the girls.' This is the sensational news that legal experts are calling an 'a-ha' news story.”
Taking matters into your own hands Michael Che earned one of the biggest reactions of the night.
“In one letter, Epstein’s brother asked if Vladimir Putin had a photo of Donald Trump performing oral sex on someone named Bubba, which was an old nickname for Bill Clinton“So I think this is one of the jobs that Trump created,” he said, adding that while he doesn't know for sure whether the accusations are true, the idea is nonetheless “burned into my brain, like that scene from Shine“
The co-host then referred to an email in which Epstein said he was the only figure “able to take down Trump, which is quite a strong word for a guy who lost because of a bedsheet.” The blow to Epstein's death, ruled a suicide by hanging by a shirt or bed sheet, shocked the public.
Che then passed the torch back to Jost, who joked: “Trump is like Forrest Gump meeting famous pedophiles.”
Trump's statements also dominated the headlines this week. ongoing row with the BBCthe British broadcaster, which he accused of misleadingly editing his January 6 speech and has since threatened legal action. Che, apparently acknowledging his point, then offered to show the actual footage, resulting in a video of Trump saying, “Everyone knows I attacked Bill Clinton.”
In another jab at Trump, Che said the US president “denied rumors on the Internet that the gold jewelry in the Oval Office came from Home Depot, even though he has a whole team of guys who take things from Home Depot all the time” as an image of ICE agents appeared on the screen. After a loud and shocked reaction from the crowd, Che called the segment his “favorite episode.”
Meanwhile, Yost discussed the temporary rebranding of coffee brand Maxwell House to Maxwell Apartment “to better reflect the current times, although it is much better than their first choice: Ghislaine Maxwell House.”
As a bonus, Che reflected on the end of coin production with a perfect pun: “The United States Mint stopped producing new coins this week. It doesn't make sense.” [cents]” After the crowd's enthusiasm for the joke, Che suggested another option: “One last hard blow to Lincoln's head.” After a more ambiguous answer, he corrected himself: “I’ll do the first one.”
Watch the weekend episode above.
