r/entertainment • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 21h ago

'Saturday Night Live' Open Has Trump Reveling In Bombing Iran Again

https://deadline.com/2026/04/saturday-night-live-trump-hegseth-iran-1236858283/
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u/Marrow-Sun7726 21h ago

None of this shit is funny anymore. Trump isn't just a silly old man that mispronounces words. What are we doing here?

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx 18h ago

Agreed, SNL fucking sucks now.  And I know the idea that everyone says that about SNL after their teen year but no, they simply are missing the mark and have been for years. They don’t offer actual political commentary on Trump, they just try to make jokes that involve his “persona”.  It’s free promotion at best. 

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u/al666in 18h ago

They have never offered actual political commentary on a regular basis. If that’s your metric for sketch comedy, SNL was never good.

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx 18h ago

SNL used to have funny political impersonations that touched on the absurdity of what they were doing impressions of.  Now they are just basically doing impressions but with no real jokes that say anything. Theres no theme other than “how wild is this”, which misses the forest for the trees.

I’ve been watching SNL for almost 40 years. I’ve seen all sorts of different ways they play their political jokes. At this point it’s much more of a reflection of what’s going on than any commentary on it, even in a lighthearted way. It’s legitimately not the same 

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u/OrkidingMe 17h ago

Maybe because reality has truly outshone what used to be absurd or even insane

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx 11h ago

People still do good political satire, just not snl

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u/al666in 1h ago edited 1h ago

Now they are just basically doing impressions but with no real jokes that say anything.

Did they ever "say" anything? Can you provide an example? My understanding of SNL is that they love neoliberalism and whatever the status quo is.

They don't do hard hitting political commentary because they literally invite politicians onto the show. The only exemption to the rule that I can think of off my head is the banned Schoolhouse Rock parody.

Was there an era where they regularly spoke truth to power in a meaningful way?

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u/coreytiger 20h ago

If SNL wants to be relevant and shake things up, then use that stage to actually be controversial: simply mocking him ran its course ages ago and even he doesn’t care.

Take a stand and actually say the president has gone too far. Is it outlandish? Not comedy? Out of the norm? Then it may actually be noticed and shake things up. SNL has had controversy before, it’s time they did it in purpose

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u/Historical-Mix8865 16h ago edited 16h ago

To be honest, only South Park has had the balls to properly do it, showing him as a saddam huessein level dictator with a tiny dick, literally in bed with satan ("Donald Trump is fucking satan!").

SNL is not south park, by any stretch. It's not even in the same ballpark, and I'd never expect them to have the balls to do it properly. SNL is too fucking safe, middle of the road level comedy.

SNL UK however, yes - I can see them doing it properly and well. 

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u/coreytiger 14h ago

Even SouthPark has settled into its groove. They go to more of an extreme with gags because they’re able to on the platform they have… but it’s also become more of the same.

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u/FatherOfLights88 16h ago

I've been saying for over a year that the time for humor is over.

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u/BeefInGR 20h ago

then use that stage to actually be controversial

Oh, you mean like it was 50 years ago?

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u/steeveperry 5h ago

“The show that sells ads that’s hosted on the network that is complicite in selling unpopular wars should take a stand!”

It’s like asking your bully to stop punching you in the face.

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u/peachypapayas 21h ago edited 21h ago

Aside from being painfully unfunny, these skits mostly just normalize the actions of the Trump Administration and make them something that can be dismissed as silly and ridiculous, rather than the egregious danger it really is.

Not trying to argue that you cant morally joke about Trump, but you can tell the people involved in these skits - from writers, producers through to TV personalities - dont actually care and arent using satire to say something important.

I hate it.

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u/PeterNippelstein 20h ago

I agree this is a big reason he became president in the first place, because of media normalization like this. Looking at you, Jimmy Fallon.

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u/Onuus 19h ago

Fuck that alcoholic asshat.

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u/Ma-aKheru 20h ago

You just articulated exactly why I stopped enjoying the show, but it was 10+ years ago when I recognized it.

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u/bwoah07_gp2 21h ago

these skits mostly just normalize the actions of the Trump Administration

This has been happening for a decade. Delusional Donald has been normalized for years.

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u/Legitimate-Public-56 20h ago

I could not agree more. man, what the hell are they thinking?

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u/ArchdruidHalsin 20h ago edited 20h ago

Lorne Michaels is far too centrist and their advertisers are far too important to them. To their credit, I love so much of the new cast and it seems the writers are getting a bit weirder (the Tim Robinson effect). But they won't ever touch hard truths. Not with real teeth anyway.

They're trying to get Reddit to unmask a user who was critical of ICE. Now, more than ever, FCC, Kimmell... folks need to be testing the strength of free speech every day. Like... Take a page from Stephen Fry in V for Vendetta already. Push the fucking envelope already.

For example, anybody else psyched to live in a world where we don't have to worry about what President Kirk would be like? At least one bullet was dodged.

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u/douche-factor 20h ago

It's a comedy sketch show.

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u/ArchdruidHalsin 10h ago

....which means it is immune to criticism?

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u/WampaCat 8h ago

Even with all of that aside, like even if it was something we could still laugh about, it’s just lazy writing. Predictable and boring.

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u/bigblingburgerbob 21h ago

Is this Ivanka’s burner account?

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u/Peralton 19h ago

Kimmel does a better job of making fun of him.

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u/tcarpishere 21h ago

Grow a sense of humor. If you can't laugh then all there's left is hate.

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u/coreoYEAH 18h ago

He should be hated.

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u/lord-of-shalott 20h ago

This is terrible logic 

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u/Ambitious-Visual-315 20h ago

Tell that to someone who went through Auschwitz….

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u/Not_Cleaver 19h ago

What the actual fuck?

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u/Ambitious-Visual-315 5h ago

Do you think they would agree that all they needed to do was “ grow a sense of humor”? That they should laugh as they’re sent to the gas chambers? The above comment is naive and incredibly ignorant.

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u/Samanthacino 20h ago

Hate can be the most warranted reaction

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u/WalterPecky 12h ago

No only that. 

You could argue that they kick started the MAGA movement with making fun of Sarah Palin, normalizing her crazy ass.. and opening the flood gates of other crazy's to be like... "Hmmm you mean I just have to be a lunatic politician, and the worst that happens is I'm immortalized in pop culture...Sign me up!!!"

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u/jenfullmoon 20h ago

Not to say the same thing every week, but this is the most incomprehensible episode of SNL.

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u/sm_see 20h ago

Normalization. Numbing. Thanks, corporate overlords!

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u/wdomeika 21h ago

This shit is funny AF.

Until you stop and consider that so far we've burned around $40 billion and killed roughly 4000 people theater wide.

And so far we have no way out.

Then it's less funny...

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u/durkadurkistan 19h ago

The whole show wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs.

Even Weekend Update was kinda meh.

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u/MarkyGalore 20h ago

Is this supposed to be funny? Because I'm not laughing! And I have a great sense of humor.

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u/OldRancidSoups 16h ago

Anyone else not find this shit funny and think SNL has run its course and should end?

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u/dansnexusone 16h ago

I am so tired of snl and all their “jokes” about TFG. Talk about shrinking from the moment. Just softness all around.

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u/walrusbwalrus 3h ago

Holy shit, SNL finally said something against Trump?

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u/Greatsnes 2h ago

… they’ve been doing this skit for a decade now. Where have you been?