‘SNL’ Weekend Replace Roasts Trump Cupboard Choices of Elon Musk, Matt Gaetz

The Weekend Replace table at “Saturday Night time Are living” faithful its opening to hocking some loogies at Donald Trump’s choices to steer his presidential management. That record contains billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who has been tapped by way of Trump to steer the newly shaped Division of Executive Potency taskforce, which goals to “dismantle Executive Forms, slash extra laws, reduce wasteful expenditures and restructure Federal Companies,” according to the President-elect.

Weekend Replace anchor Michael Che famous that Musk had shared task listings for the brand new taskforce, which state workers will probably be running “80-plus hours a week for no cash.”

“You’ll’t be shocked that the white African man’s first thought is slavery,” Che mentioned.

Che’s co-anchor Colin Jost additionally were given a couple of jabs in, opening the phase with digs at lawyer common pick out Matt Gaetz, who was once as soon as embroiled in a intercourse trafficking investigation (which ended in no fees) and now faces a brand new accusation of getting intercourse with a minor. Gaetz resigned as a Congress member previous this week after being tapped to enroll in Trump’s management.

“Trump nominated Matt Gaetz for lawyer common and Gaetz mentioned the similar factor he says when he sees a teenage woman: I’ll do it,” Jost mentioned, getting some groans from the group. He endured with, “Gaetz, who was once created when Frankenstein raped Dracula, was once selected for lawyer common after Trump remembered that his authentic pick out was once present in lifeless a prison mobile,” creating a connection with the formally dominated suicide of intercourse legal and New York financier Jeffrey Epstein.

“Congratulations to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who turned into the primary mind bug survivor nominated to a cupboard stage place,” Jost mentioned in a later phase. “Kennedy, whose pores and skin is all the time cooked to a super medium uncommon, will lead the Division of Well being and Human Products and services. I do know he doesn’t have a large number of enjoy, however I say we give him a shot,” he endured, referencing Kennedy’s much-touted skepticism referring to vaccinations.

Charli XCX pulled double-duty as each host and musical visitor for this week’s “Saturday Night time Are living.”