‘SNL’ weekend update roasts Trump Cabinet picks from Elon Musk and Matt Gaetz

The Weekend Update desk of “Saturday Night Live” dedicated its opening to handing out some loogies to Donald Trump’s choices to lead his presidential administration. That list includes billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who has been appointed by Trump to lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency task force, which aims to “dismantle government bureaucracy, cut redundant regulations , reduce wasteful spending and restructure federal agencies. ,” said the president-elect.

Weekend Update anchor Michael Che noted that Musk had shared job postings for the new task force, whose state employees will “work 80+ hours a week for no pay.”

“You cannot be surprised that the white African’s first idea is slavery,” Che said.

Che’s co-host Colin Jost also took a few jabs, opening the segment with a dig at Attorney General Matt Gaetz, who was once embroiled in a sex trafficking investigation (which led to no charges) and is now facing a new sex trafficking accusation . with a minor. Gaetz resigned as a member of Congress earlier this week after being asked to join Trump’s administration.

“Trump nominated Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Gaetz said the same thing he says when he sees a teenage girl: I will do it,” said Jost, drawing some groans from the crowd. He continued with, “Gaetz, who was created when Frankenstein raped Dracula, was elected attorney general after Trump remembered his original choice was found in a dead prison cell,” referring to the officially declared suicide of sex criminal and New York. financier Jeffrey Epstein.

“Congratulations to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who became the first brainworm survivor to be nominated to a Cabinet-level position,” Jost said in a later segment. “Kennedy, whose skin is always cooked to a perfect medium-rare, will lead the Department of Health and Human Services. I know he doesn’t have a lot of experience, but I say we should give him a chance,” he continued, referring to Kennedy’s well-publicized skepticism toward vaccinations.

Charli XCX served dual roles as host and musical guest for this week’s “Saturday Night Live.”