The latest cold open on Saturday Night Live skewered the most famous image of the week: President Trump standing to the side while everyone else helped a man who had fainted in the Oval Office.
The White House released a statement announcing the man was OK, but Trump was quickly mocked for his apparently vacant reaction.
“I think I’m playing this very normal,” said James Austin Johnson’s Trump, walking into frame after the man collapsed.
“Just stand there and stare like a sociopath,” he said, joking that he “didn’t even pretend like I was going to help.”
“Each week, I like to create a big visual that sort of sums up how things are going,” Trump said about his presidency.
“Last week, it was the demolition of the East Wing," he said. “This week, it’s a medical professional almost dying in my Oval Office at the mere thought of charging less for drugs.”
Trump mused, “Maybe next week a bald eagle will fall dead out of the sky and splat right on the White House lawn. And by lawn, of course, I mean big outdoor concrete floor.”
Trump largely rambled to the audience, but occasionally checked in on the collapsed man.
“How’s it going back there? Is he dead?” he asked. The aides were lifting the man’s legs up as they did in the real incident.
“They got the legs up. That means dead in cartoon,” Trump said. “Actually, don’t tell me if he’s dead. I want to be surprised.”
Trump moved and addressed the election results across the country, in which Democrats won overwhelmingly in nearly every major race.
“Can’t believe they elected Mamdani,” Trump said. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won decisively in New York City on Tuesday, despite Trump having endorsed his main opponent, Andrew Cuomo.
“You know, I’m torn because I like a winner, but I’m not crazy about a Muslim,” Trump said.
“Maybe he’ll convert, right?” Trump said. Referencing Vice President JD Vance’s wife Usha, he added, “We’ll put [Mamdani] in line behind Ursha Vance, and I hope I’m pronouncing that wrong.”
