“Who’d have thought it’d be not me?”: “SNL” recreates Trump reaction to Oval Office fainting

This week s episode of Saturday Night Live opened with a soliloquy from President Donald Trump using the occasion of a pharmaceutical company representative fainting in the Oval Office to give James Austin Johnson s Trump a minute to speak his mind In the real world Trump froze as others attended to the downed man The press were fast ushered out when the real-life rep of Eli Lilly fainted but not before capturing surreal photos of Trump standing stock-still and a much-mocked clip of Vitality Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr fleeing the scene As the sketch show s version of the exec faltered the camera turned to Trump and allowed him to address the audience directly I think I m playing this very normal Just stand there and stare like a sociopath Didn t even pretend like I was gonna help he noted Like when someone drops something and you do the fake bend you know Johnson s Trump commented on Kennedy s speedy exit saying that he ran like someone was trying to give him a vaccine Brainworm take the wheel Johnson as Trump shouted Stepping over the man having a medicinal episode the faux-Trump noted he likes to create a big visual that sort of sums up how things are going Last week it was the demolishing of the East Wing This week it s a curative professional almost dying in my Oval Office at the mere thought of charging less for drugs he mentioned Maybe next week a bald eagle will fall dead out of the sky and splat right on the White House lawn Related Related link Johnson s Trump also addressed Zohran Mamdani s win in New York City s mayoral electoral contest saying it put him in a bind because he likes a winner but is not crazy about a Muslim Moving on to grocery prices and the fight over funding SNAP benefits Trump discovered a way around families not being able to afford Thanksgiving dinner People are saying Sir how will I afford my Thanksgiving turkey for my family Well good news is your family s not coming because all the planes are gone he noted Watch the sketch below via YouTube Read more about this topic First read more article Second read more article Third read more article The post Who d have thought it d be not me SNL recreates Trump reaction to Oval Office fainting appeared first on Salon com