Saturday Night Live said “so long, farewell, aufwiedersehn” to President Donald Trump during its final episode of the year, highlighting some of his most controversial moments along the campaign trail and in the White House.
The show featured a montage of Mr Trump throwing paper towels at Puerto Ricans following the devastating Hurricane Maria, as well as mocking his apparent enemies and making nonsensical comments, in an apparent reminder to Americans everywhere of just how crazy things got at times over the last four years.
Co-anchor Colin Jost quipped before the montage that it was their final segment of The Weekend Update during Mr Trump’s tenure in the White House — “barring a reverse Christmas miracle.”
“As a president, [Mr Trump] was mostly bad,” he continued. “But there were a few bright spots. So before he is tranquilized and moved like a dinosaur in Jurassic Park, I just want to take a moment to recognize some of his greatest moments in office.”
The show also began with a “cold opening” mocking Vice President Mike Pence for getting his coronavirus vaccine on live television while serving as a “human shield” for the president, who still has no plans to be vaccinated in public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle have been vaccinated as part of a contingency of governance plan, and many of them staged photo and media opportunities during their vaccinations as part of an effort to show confidence and trust in the new vaccines.
“America, don’t cry because it’s over,” Jost said at the end of the montage. “Smile because it happened — and then probably cry a little bit. I don’t know. I’m still working it out with my therapist.”
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