After an awkward cold open, host Shane Gillis’ flop monologue and the comic dropping an accidental F-bomb during a Dr. Seuss sketch, audiences were treated to another edition of the Weekend Update of “Saturday Night Live,” starring Colin Jost and Michael Che. And things started with Jost attacking one of his favorite targets, President Trump.
“Unfortunately, we have to start tonight with a tragic story involving President Trump (no, not that): President Trump unfortunately did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. I know, I know. But don’t worry, I think he’s taking it all in stride.”
Jost then played a clip of Trump at a rally complaining about not receiving the Nobel, saying: “The Nobel Prize was awarded today by a liberal person who works at the United Nations who no one has ever heard of! »
Yes, it’s true: Navi Pillay, a South African human rights defender, won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. According to CNN, Pillay “was an integral part of the anti-apartheid movement, served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and recently led the United Nations commission that concluded that Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.” The move also drew criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“He is sincerely angry at not having won the Peace Prize! » exclaimed Jost. “Trump kidnapped the president of Venezuela, and then he waged so much war that we ran out of missiles, and he was still thinking, ‘This is my year!’ It’s really like I thought I could win an Oscar for “Tom & Jerry.”
Then Che joined the party. “Navi Pillay, who learned she had won the Nobel Peace Prize at a conference in Germany, joked with the crowd that if they cheered a little more, she could share the prize with Trump – which is a harmless little joke that might prompt Trump to bomb any country he thinks she’s from.”
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