Saturday Night Live is trying to steal HBO’s thunder.
On an episode hosted by Jon Hamm, the NBC sketch show introduced “The White POTUS,” featuring James Austin Johnson’s caricature of President Donald Trump numbing the pain of his own existential crisis in the wake of the economic crash not with lorazepam, but with a chicken nugget.
He isn’t alone, either. We’re also introduced to SNL alum’s Alex Moffat’s Eric Trump and, in a surprise cameo, Scarlett Johansson makes an appearance as Ivanka Trump. Trump Jr. (Mikey Day) is there, too.
“Can you imagine how awful it would if America lost all its money?” Melania asks over breakfast, making yet another pointed nod at Trump’s recent tariff policies (of which there were many in Saturday night’s episode). “You would never let our economy go to pieces, right hon?”
The episode’s host, Jon Hamm, is also featured as RFK, Jr., Beck Bennett is back as shirtless Vladimir Putin, and even musical guest Lizzo jumped in for this one, playing a dissatisfied American after realizing their 401k had tanked. Noticing she has only $5 million in her bank account, she exclaims: “It was 20 million last week!”
Actual The White Lotus cast member Jon Gries also made a cameo as his character, Greg.
You can watch the sketch above.