‘SNL’ mocks Trump’s ‘big’ NFT trading card announcement
It was a “big” dig at the former president.
Saturday Night Live opened this week’s show with a dig at former President Trump, teasing a “big announcement” — which some thought was a bid for House Speaker — but turned out to be a series of NFT cards selling for $99 Each.
The announcement proved ripe for parody.
“You can also get them for free by just going online and looking at them maybe, I don’t know,” said James Austin Johnson as Trump. “Maybe a screenshot, but we’d really prefer it if you sent $99.”
Trump then offered a card of him “as a cowboy. Or I’ll melt Biden’s ice cream with my big laser eyes.” Trump then assured viewers that his NFTs were not a variant of Pokemon.
Other cards included Trump crossing the Delaware River or in iconic films such as “The Matrix” and “Titanic.”
Mikey Day and Cecily Strong—who left the show after 11 seasons—also appeared as Donald Trump Jr. and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle.
“These cards are amazing,” Day said as Trump Jr. “And a steal. And I know what you’re thinking: $99. You can get two grams for that!”
“I guarantee you will SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE!” Strong as Guilfoyle shouted.
The long-running comedy show went a step further by offering those who purchase the cards “an exclusive mystery prize, where you can choose anything from this fine box” mockingly labeled “Classified,” referring to the raid on Mar-A-Lago in August.
The skit ended with Trump doing a stream-of-consciousness review of his Christmas list and crediting himself with making people say “Merry Christmas” again.
“I brought it back because Christmas is very important to Christians and to Jews, I think, too… You hear Merry Christmas a lot more lately, just like in ‘A Christmas Carol.’ I was visited by three ghosts last night, including, actually it was four if you include Epstein,” the actor said as Trump got a few “oohs” from the audience.
“We love Santa, don’t we? We love Santa Claus. But not Ron DeSanta. We don’t like DeSanta that much.”
