Colin Jost Compares Putin’s Ukraine Invasion To NBC Having To Air Olympics: ‘Colossal Mistake’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t escape the Saturday Night Live treatment this week. The 69-year-old was spoofed by Colin Jost on the Saturday, Feb.

27 episode, where the ‘Weekend Update’ host got in multiple shots as he spoke about Putin’s current spearheading of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “This week Russia began their invasion of Ukraine with the support of allies like Belarus and Tucker Carlson.” Colin joked.  “Many analysts are surprised Putin went through with the invasion even though it was obviously going to be a colossal mistake…but he couldn’t back down after all that build-up.

Kind of like how NBC still had to go through with airing the Winter Olympics. Colin continued to skewer Putin for his secretive money use, stating: “His money is in non-traditional assets that are impossible to trace.

So, on top of everything else awful about Putin — he’s also into crypto. Related Gallery Finally, it wouldn’t be a Weekend Update or a conversation about Putin without some Trump talk.