SNL dragged for ‘classless’ skit on Trump-Zelensky clash — with appearance by Mike Myers as Musk

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heated Oval Office meeting — including a goofy appearance by Mike Myers as Elon Musk.The cold open attempted to spoof the tense meeting between the two leaders this past week in which Trump warned Zelensky that he was “gambling with World War III.” But, critics on social media slammed the scene as “not funny” and “classless.”In the NBC show’s rendition, James Austin Johnson’s Trump and Bowen Yang’s Vice President JD Vance can be seen talking over Zelensky, who was portrayed by Mikey Day — while Marcello Hernandez’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio cowers on the couch.“You want to say a few words, maybe tell Mr.

Putin how much you love him?” Trump asks Zelensky before Vance jumps in to berate the Ukrainian leader, asking him, “What happened to thank you?

You haven’t said thank you to us once in the past 15 seconds.”“You think you’re getting any money from us after your little outburst today?” Vance asks before reciting Gene Wilder’s famous lines from “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “You get nothing.

You lose. Good day, sir.”Trump jumps in, dismissively asking Zelensky, “Who shows up to the White House in a T-shirt and jeans like a garbage person?” Seconds later, Musk barrels onto the screen wearing a T-shirt, jeans, and a jacket while carrying a chainsaw — replicating a move the DOGE Chief actually made on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month.Myers — playing Musk — goofs off with the chainsaw and awkwardly jumps into the air before Trump tells him, “Elon, we love your outfit.