Hot Jacked Trump Flexes As ‘SNL’ Bends The Knee & Flips The Bird Over Ex-POTUS’ Election Win

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“For now on we’re going to do very flattering portrayal of Trump,” announced James Austin Johnson’s Rambo-bandana wearing Donald Trump, flexing his muscles in tonight’s Saturday Night Live post-election cold open. “He’s going to make an incredible President, and eventually king.” Which means, we’re a long long way from a “cool new step-mamala.” A week after Kamala Harris was on SNL riffing and cracking up with doppelgänger Maya Rudolph, Trump’s solid November 5 victory over the VP and return to the White House was the only thing the Lorne Michaels-run show could have for its cold open.

SNL kissed the ring, bent the knee and took it way too far in the best way. Adding to the moment, if you didn’t get it, there was a “Hail Trump” from Marcello Hernandez.

The closer was a pretty great Elon Musk impression from the maestro himself Dana Carvey, jettisoning the near-perfect Joe Biden he’s been rolling out this season so far.

Kicking the regular cable news mock show skit to the curb, the show somberly started with cast regulars Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson and Heidi Gardner recounting the election results. “On Tuesday, Americans went to the polls and elected Donald Trump to the next President of the United States,” began Yang. “To many people, including many people watching this show right now, the results were shocking and even horrifying,” added a completely straight-faced Nwodin, maybe anticipating Trump would post some sort of response on social media before he got the joke. “Donald Trump, who tried to forcibly overturn the results of the last election, was returned to office by an overwhelming majority,” said an equally nonplussed Gardner.“This is the same Donald Trump who openly called for vengeance against