SNL Roasts Trump Praise For ‘Very Smart’ Terrorists: He Thought Hezbollah Was ‘The Genie From Aladdin’
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update roasted former President Donald Trump’s praise of “very smart” terrorist group Hezbollah, adding Trump must have mistaken them for a character in a Disney movie.
The topic of Israel was prominent on this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live. In a rare departure, the show opened without the usual parody cold open, but instead with a more serious monologue on the Israel-Hamas war from host Pete Davidson.
The news parody Weekend Update segment opened with some jokes on the subject, including the aforementioned Trump controversy, before moving on to other topics:
COLIN JOST: I’m Colin Jost. Well, this was a terrible week for the world, but a great week for random idiots who like to share completely unhinged thoughts wherever they can. And weirdly, it’s not even on social media anymore. I saw a thousand-word essay called How I’d Fix Palestine, and it was posted in a Yelp review of a Buffalo Wild Wings.
Even world leaders who could be making it better are making it worse. For example, former President Trump went out of his way to praise the terrorist group Hezbollah, calling them, quote, very smart, Though in Trump’s defense, he thinks Hezbollah is the genie from Aladdin.
MICHAEL CHE: LaPhonza Butler was sworn in as California’s newest senator, becoming the first openly Black woman in Congress. “You mean second?” Said George Santos.
New York Congress. New York Congressman George Santos, seen here in a promo for a pawnshop reality show, was indicted on federal charges, including conspiracy, wire fraud and identity theft. He was also indicted for reckless homicide when that button shot off his jacket and killed a bystander.
COLIN JOST: New Jersey senator and most successful member of the Lollipop Guild Bob Menendez, was indicted on new charges, accusing him of accepting bribes from Egypt. Menendez denied the allegations, calling them as over the top as my new bejeweled scarab.
Republicans on Friday nominated Jim Jordan to be the next House speaker. Jordan is best known for denying the 2020 election results, looking the other way on an Ohio State sexual abuse scandal, and for his role as anger in Inside Out.
MICHAEL CHE: Playboy has cut ties with porn star Mia Khalifa after she expressed support for Hamas. See Lorne? I was Googling her for work!
In a new interview. In a new interview, Jada Pinkett Smith reveals that she and husband Will Smith have actually been separated since 2016, ironically, after he suggested that she should star in GI Jane 2.
COLIN JOST: A public library in Alabama, has flagged a children’s picture book as potentially sexually explicit just because the author’s last name is gay. Though to be fair, the book is titled Gay’s Porn for Kids.
Watch just the jokes above via NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
