Saturday Night Live recapped a busy week at the White House as Weekend Update tackled Donald Trumps potential North Korea summit, the latest Stormy Daniels developments and Gary Cohns resignation.
In a stunning turn of events, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has agreed to meet in May with Donald Trump or whoevers president in May, co-anchor Colin Jost said. Trump would be the first sitting president to meet with the leader of North Korea, and its also going to be the first time both translators begin each sentence with Okay, so what I think he said was.'
Michael Che added, Experts warn that the talks between Trump and Kim Jong-un could be risky, because duh. Best-case scenario, theyll realize theyre both crazy and become best friends like that movie Step Brothers. But more than likely, Donald Trump is gonna realize hes just Twitter crazy, and Kim Jong-un is crazy crazy, and theres a big ol difference. One guy trolled Oprah online, and the other murdered his uncle with a cannon.
As for the latest chapter in the Stormy Daniels story, Trumps personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who is definitely a candidate for Friend of the Year, said that he used funds from his own home equity line to pay $130,000 to silence Stormy Daniels. Can anyone in America imagine taking out a home equity loan to help their friend pay off a porn star, Jost wondered.
Mikey Day and Alex Moffats Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump then visited Weekend Update to reassure viewers that, even though top economic advisor Gary Cohn departed the White House this week, everything is fine and that our father has everything under control. Don Jr. then taught Eric how to read a pop-up book.
Also during the Weekend Update, former cast member Vanessa Bayer returned to SNL to reprise meteorologist Dawn Lazarus: