Snl Says Trump’s Been In Office ‘100 Years’ While Mocking Papal Ambitions And Executive Order Frenzy

NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" opened this weekend’s section pinch a satirical return connected President Donald Trump’s first 100 days backmost successful nan White House.

"It has been a 100 years since I became president. Excuse me, days, wow. Feels longer," said formed personnel James Austin Johnson, portraying Trump successful nan show's signature exaggerated style. The sketch was group successful a mock Oval Office, pinch Trump flanked by an over-the-top type of Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, referred to arsenic nan "Lord of nan Shadows."

The segment parodied Trump’s engaged commencement to his 2nd term, pinch nan clone president quickly signing executive orders and rubbing connected arguable issues specified arsenic nan administration’s mass deportation agenda. 

"I've besides signed 147 executive orders, everything from banning insubstantial straws to defunding PBS," he declared. "I understand Elmo has now been apprehended by ICE, brought to you by nan missive L for El Salvador. He's not coming back."

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1881 -- Pictured: James Austin Johnson arsenic Donald Trump during nan "Money Changers" Cold Open connected Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images)

The sketch aired conscionable days aft Trump celebrated nan existent milestone of 100 days since returning to nan White House. 

SNL leaned into caller popular civilization headlines, pinch clone Trump signing a satirical bid making it "socially acceptable for a man successful his 70s to day a 24-year-old." The statement was a not-so-subtle reference to caller media attraction surrounding erstwhile Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his much-younger girlfriend.

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"Old men tin now day acold younger women. We for illustration that, it’s hot," nan impersonated Trump said. "But successful reverse, it’s rather disgusting, right? Very Dateline, you know."

Other parodied characters included a fictional Secretary of State Marco Rubio, portrayed arsenic reluctantly pushing backmost connected an absurd bid to prohibition "Hispanic babies from getting their ears pierced," a clear effort by nan writers to satirize migration policy.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1878 -- Pictured: (l-r) James Austin Johnson arsenic Donald Trump and Marcello Hernández arsenic Marco Rubio during nan "Trump Musk Rubio" Cold Open connected Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images)

In a jab astatine caller economical concerns, nan sketch ended pinch Trump renaming "recession" to "recess" successful an effort to soften nan term.

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"Recession will now beryllium called recess. Fun, right?" he quipped. "So, America, get fresh for a historically agelong recess. I telephone tetherball."

The existent Trump precocious dismissed recession concerns, stating Friday that nan U.S. is successful a "transition period" and predicting nan state will "do fantastically," contempt caller volatility successful nan banal market.

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President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself arsenic nan pope connected Truth Social connected Friday, May 2, 2025. (@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social)

The acold unfastened besides touched connected caller buzz surrounding Trump’s viral station connected Truth Social, wherever he shared an AI-generated image of himself dressed arsenic nan Pope. It came conscionable days aft Trump attended nan ceremonial for Pope Francis successful Rome. When asked astir nan early leader of nan Catholic Church, nan president joked he’d beryllium his ain "number 1 choice."

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"It’s me, your favourite president, possibly your adjacent pope," Johnson’s Trump said, combining ambition for some nan Oval Office and nan Vatican.