Hamilton meets 'King Trump' as Lin-Manuel Miranda makes surprise SNL appearance in hilarious cold open as Timothée Chalamet is blasted for Jimmy Carter joke: 'Too soon'

Lin-Manuel Miranda made a astonishment instrumentality to his iconic relation arsenic Alexander Hamilton during Saturday Night Live as the drama amusement present successful its 50th twelvemonth roasted Donald Trump implicit his archetypal week of his 2nd word successful office.

The show's acold unfastened was a deed with fans, featuring a humorous instrumentality connected the Founding Fathers drafting the Declaration of Independence earlier the radical were interrupted by the recently inaugurated President Donald Trump. 

Miranda opened with an inspiring line: 'I say, our lives substance not if we suffer them successful the origin of liberty. What matters is the federation we built...

'Because successful America, each men are created equal. America, not England, we bash triumph the sequel, and we volition person leaders, but nary 1 happening successful America, we volition ne'er person a king.' 

It was astatine that infinitesimal things took a comedic crook arsenic James Austin Johnson, portraying a precise realistic Donald Trump, interrupted Miranda, quipping, 'Never accidental never. I'm successful my king era,' referencing Trump's inauguration earlier this week.

'Kidding', the fake Trump continued, 'though successful galore ways I americium not. I'm successful my king era. But conscionable similar the founding fathers, I americium creating a caller state arsenic well, and conscionable similar them, we're doing it precise whitely.' 

The sketch showcased James Austin Johnson's Trump content arsenic helium boasted astir his inauguration week, bragging astir his enforcement orders and furniture picks.

Miranda's Hamilton and the different founding fathers stood frozen successful disbelief astatine the president's antics. 

At 1 point, Miranda visibly struggled to enactment successful quality arsenic Johnson's Trump quipped, 'He's successful sniffing region of an EGOT, and he's got to basal determination till I'm done.' 

As the founding fathers stood motionless successful the background, James Austin Johnson's Trump stole the spotlight with his signature blend of over-the-top wit and governmental satire. 'Just similar the founding fathers, I americium creating a caller state arsenic well,' Johnson's Trump proclaimed. 

'And conscionable similar them, we're doing it precise lightly. DEI is over. It's dead. Workplaces indispensable spell backmost to looking similar the TV amusement The Office: mostly achromatic people, but with 1 comic achromatic feline who's having a truly atrocious time. We request to bring backmost Stanley culture, right? In presumption of crossword and with respect to pretzel day.'

Trump past turned his attraction to Lin-Manuel Miranda arsenic Hamilton who for astir of the country had been stood motionless successful the inheritance quipping, 'Look astatine Lin. He got tricked into coming here, and present he's frozen connected stage.' 

Miranda' Hamilton endured a barrage of playful jabs from Johnson's Trump.

'Oh, look astatine Lin. Look astatine however atrocious helium wants to bash a rap and helium doesn't get to bash it. Oh, the assemblage would person eaten that close up. We're not gonna perceive it. He's successful sniffing region of an EGOT, and he's got to basal determination till I'm done,' Johnson's Trump teased.

Trump past boasted astir his 'great archetypal week' successful office, calling his inauguration 'a tremendous success.' 

Johnson's Trump reeled disconnected a database of existent beingness enforcement orders, including 1 redefining enactment arsenic strictly antheral oregon female, pulling the U.S. retired of the Paris Climate Agreement, and cutting ties with the World Health Organization. 

The satirical president past teased his furniture picks. 

'We're filling my furniture with immoderate of the champion people. They're each precise good, but for astir of them. Oh man, what is SNL gonna do? Who's gonna play [Pete] Hegseth? I mean, look astatine these guys backmost here. None of them person the build, cipher has the jaw. Plenty of [Mark] Zuckerberg options, though.'

Timothée Chalamet returned to SNL this week to big and service arsenic the show's philharmonic guest, but not earlier throwing successful an off-color gag astir the decease of Jimmy Carter.

During 1 sketch astir a 'workout truthful bully you don’t really person to exercise' Chalamet appeared arsenic a fittingness teacher and told participants to 'do the Jimmy Carter.'

It saw the six formed members taking portion successful the fake workout people lying prone arsenic they hung from the ceiling, appearing to beryllium dead. 

The acheronian wit didn't spell down good with viewers with 1 X idiosyncratic blasting the sick joke.

'SNL Jimmy Carter gag was truthful dumb adjacent one gasped… could person been bash a amended contention adjacent clip Timothée,' wrote one.

'Oh. That Jimmy Carter enactment connected #SNL was conscionable cringe…..,' tweeted another. 

'Uhhh Snl the jimmy carter happening wasn't funny,' wrote a third.