SNL's shocking dementia joke about Trump dancing town hall

Saturday Night Live has raised eyebrows aft making a dementia gag astir Donald Trump's dancing during his municipality hallway quality past week.

The NBC amusement presented clips of the erstwhile president jiving to assorted tunes astatine the music-laden lawsuit successful Pennsylvania, earlier comedian Colin Jost joked that the tunes were portion of a compilation called Now! That's What I Call Dementia Vol 1. 

The SNL conception besides showed Trump making questionable comments including that helium was 'amazed Harvey Weinstein got schlonged' connected a caller podcast episode, juxtaposed with clips of Kamala Harris making superior speeches. 

Viewers applauded the wit connected Twitter/X. 'Good to spot SNL comic again!!' 1 idiosyncratic wrote, portion different said: 'SNL nailed it'.  

'The sickest pain of the nighttime connected #SNL was them playing existent portion of DonOLD Trump doing his demented swaying regular astatine what was expected to beryllium a question and reply lawsuit that SNL described arsenic SPECIAL!' different spectator wrote. 

'Holy s*** SNL,' different said.  

Songs played for the assemblage astatine Trump's municipality hallway included Pavarotti and James Brown. And finally, inevitably, the Village People singing 'Y.M.C.A.'

Trump decided to interruption up the municipality hall aft aggregate radical suffered aesculapian emergencies, astatine 1 constituent declaring 'let's perceive to music' earlier playing 40 minutes of tunes.

One creator who didn't bask proceeding his music was vocalist Rufus Wainwright, whose screen of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' from the Shrek 2 soundtrack was featured.

Wainwright confirmed that the publishing institution for the property of Cohen has sent the letter.

The singer, 51, released a longer connection connected societal media condemning Trump.

'The opus 'Hallelujah' by Leonard Cohen has go an anthem dedicated to peace, emotion and acceptance of the truth. I've been supremely honored implicit the years to beryllium connected with this ode to tolerance,' helium wrote.

'Witnessing Trump and his supporters commune with this euphony past nighttime was the tallness of blasphemy,' helium continued, portion declaring himself 'all successful for Kamala.'

He hoped that 'perhaps successful inhabiting and truly listening to the lyrics of Cohen's masterpiece, Donald Trump conscionable mightiness acquisition a hint of remorse implicit what he's caused. I'm not holding my breath.'

However, Victor Wilson of the Village People - who has antecedently protested Trump utilizing his music - present says helium tin spot the positives.  

'Trump's usage of 'Y.M.C.A.' has greatly benefited the song. For example, erstwhile Trump started utilizing 'Y.M.C.A' the opus changeable backmost up to #2 connected Billboard's integer chart,' helium told TMZ. 

Wilson, who is besides supporting Harris, says helium nary longer has immoderate tendency to forestall Trump from utilizing it.