Saturday Night Live has a lot of jokes about the past week in political news.
Cecily Strong is expected to be the highlight in a cold open that visits Jeanine Pirro's political talk show. The Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, Joe Biden's colonoscopy, and Kevin McCarthy's eight-plus hour rant on the floor of the U.S. House are all topics you would expect to see in the lineup.
James Austin Johnson has an extended segment with his Donald Trump impression. In what looks like it's going to be a recurring schtick, Johnson-as-Trump sits down and talks incoherently on a series of topics while he moves through a list of words. Pardon the Interruption is a segment that is basically what it sounds like, but with more pronounced bouts of racism than even pro sports can pull off.
SNL seems to have cracked the Donald Trump code with Johnson's portrayal of the disgraced U.S. president, which captures the real measure of him: An addled blow.
