Mike Myers’ Elon Musk Whines He’s Losing ‘100 Billion Dollars’ and Bullies Marco Rubio on ‘Saturday Night Live’
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy Editor “Saturday Night Live” again looked back at the week in politics in the cold open, focusing on a reportedly explosive Trump cabinet meeting where Marco Rubio and Elon Musk got into a shouting match.
Donald Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, attempts to broker a truce with Secretary of State Rubio, played by Marcello Hernandez. “Now your name is Mark Ruby,” Trump told him, after proclaiming that English is the official national language of the country. “But what I don’t accept is Elon having total access to our government,” Rubio said. “Planes are crashing, and he keeps trying to fire air traffic control.” “Well, Elon knows a lot about air travel.
Okay?” Trump replied. “He runs Space X, which is doing incredible things in terms of explosions, with regard to rocket debris.” Trump said Musk gave him some great stuff to talk about at the State of the Union address, like “You know they’re spending $8 million on making mice transgender.
Can you believe that? Probably not, because it’s not true, but I said it, and it got a big laugh — and that is addictive.” Trump turned out to be a “White Lotus” fan, saying, “But while I’ve been causing chaos, I’ve been working behind the scenes, and I am very close to a deal with the Panamanian government to retake the Panama Canal.
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