‘SNL’ Weekend Update Rips Mark Zuckerberg Cozying Up to Trump

Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update addressed several elements of the presidential transition process, including a new portrait of Donald Trump, figures like Mark Zuckerberg cozying up to the president-elect, and some of President Joe Biden’s final actions while in office.

“It’s the dawn of a new era,” co-anchor Colin Jost began. “Donald Trump released his official inaugural portrait, and the photo is lit, I assume, by hell opening up.”

“Trump is trying to look so hardcore in his photo, I’m surprised he didn’t add a parental advisory sticker and a durag,” he joked.

“And then Trump also released the official portrait of J.D. Vance,” he continued, as an anonymous gray avatar showed on screen.

Later, Jost addressed the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. In other words, Jost said, the two parties “committed to their version of Dry January.”

“President Biden said that the Israel/Hamas cease-fire talks were one of the toughest negotiations he had ever experienced,” Jost continued. “The hardest part was convincing both sides that he was still the president.”

Michael Che then reacted to Biden naming Navy aircraft carriers after two of his predecessors: George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

“The carrier will also honor Bill Clinton by being covered in seamen,” Che quipped.

As for Zuckerberg, who donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee and made the Trump-friendly move of nixing fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, Jost’s line was succinct:

“Meta CEO and Puerto Rican gigolo Mark Zuckerberg flew down to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Donald Trump, and boy are his knees tired.”