‘Saturday Night Live’ Tears Into Trump’s Careless Twitter Use and Scary Cabinet Choices (Video)
A lot of viewers probably feel the same shiver that goes down comedian Kenan Thompson's spine in a recent SNL skit when he realizes that Donald Trump will be president in seven short weeks.A lot of viewers probably felt the same shiver that went down comedian Kenan Thompson’s spine in a recent “Saturday Night Live” skit when he realized that Donald Trump would be president in just seven weeks. Set up as a meeting regarding national security, the comedy sketch showed a distracted president-elect retweeting inappropriate comments (which the actors made clear actually happened). The sketch painted an uneasy picture of a leader who is unready to lead.
And then “Stephen Bannon” entered the room and turned the shivers into goosebumps that may prove impossible to shake for the next four years.
— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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The president-elect has demonstrated repeatedly that he doesn’t like being on the receiving end of certain jokes, making that kind of humor a useful tool for resistance during his tenure in office.