{"id":2395261,"date":"2025-01-26T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-lampoons-trump-on-dei-and-egg-prices-in-post-inauguration-episode-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T10:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T15:59:08","slug":"snl-lampoons-trump-on-dei-and-egg-prices-in-post-inauguration-episode-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-lampoons-trump-on-dei-and-egg-prices-in-post-inauguration-episode-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL lampoons Trump on DEI and egg prices in post-inauguration episode &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsnl-lampoons-trump-on-dei-and-egg-prices-in-post-inauguration-episode-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395261&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u200b discusses a\u200b recent \u200bepisode \u2062of &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; \u2062(SNL) featuring James Austin Johnson, who impersonated Donald Trump \u2064for \u2064the first time since Inauguration\u200d Day. The episode included a sketch\u2063 with Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander \u200bHamilton, where Johnson interrupted to deliver his \u2062Trump impressions, humorously commenting on topics like diversity, \u2062Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and the rising price of \u200beggs. The skit made jabs at Trump\u2019s family and included\u200b references to current events,\u200b such as Elon\u200b Musk\u2019s controversial salute.\u200c Johnson&#8217;s monologue poked fun at\u200b Trump&#8217;s achievements and hinted at future sketches about Trump&#8217;s cabinet selections. Despite Trump\u2019s history of\u2063 responding to SNL sketches, he had\u200c not \u2063commented on this segment as \u2063of the following \u2062morning.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">SNL lampoons Trump on DEI and egg prices in post-inauguration episode<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1949493\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/saturday-night-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> <\/em>tapped its cast member <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/comedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Austin Johnson<\/a> to put on his <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> impression for the first time since Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While the comedy sketch show has poked fun at Trump since he won the election, this was its own inaugural episode, which featured Lin Manuel Miranda in his iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alexander-Hamilton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexander Hamilton<\/a> character, which Johnson interrupted with his Trump impersonation. Johnson paused a scene replicating the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What matters is the nation we build. Because in America all men are created equal,&rdquo; Miranda said and began to rap. &ldquo;America not England, we doing the sequel. We will have leaders but know one thing: in America we will never have a king.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Never say never,&rdquo; Johnson said as Trump. &ldquo;Kidding, of course, though in many ways I&rsquo;m not. I&rsquo;m in my king era. But just like the founding fathers, I am creating a new country as well. And just like them, we&rsquo;re doing it very whitely. DEI is over. It&rsquo;s dead. Workplaces must go back to looking like the TV show <em>The Office<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Elon-Musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>&lsquo;s controversial salute was also a topic of Johnson&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">cold open monologue<\/a> as Trump. Johnson explained, &ldquo;They say he gave the Nazi salute. Not true. He was creating a new greeting. A cross between hi and hello. We&rsquo;re calling it &lsquo;heil.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Lin, what do you think? Did he do it? I think he did it a little bit,&rdquo; Johnson said, addressing Miranda, who remained frozen in the background throughout the sketch.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson took jabs at Trump in the show&rsquo;s open, including jokes about the first family. He claimed Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;new favorite son is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Barron-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barron<\/a>,&rdquo; who is &ldquo;smacking his head on every door frame&rdquo; of the White House &ldquo;like when Gandalf goes to Bilbo&rsquo;s house.&rdquo; Johnson referred to Melania Trump as the &ldquo;surprise guest&rdquo; at the inauguration who was &ldquo;dressed like frankly Kung Lao from <em>Mortal Kombat<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a great first week. I&rsquo;ve done more in the past four years than sleepy Joe and Kamala did in the past four years. All thanks to my beautiful executive orders,&rdquo; Johnson also said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I basically hit all my campaign promises except for the one people cared about: price of eggs. All-time high,&rdquo; Johnson said with a shrug. &ldquo;Who would have thought it would be easier to get a ceasefire in Gaza than bring down the price of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">eggs<\/a>? Might have to take the &lsquo;L&rsquo; on that one. We&rsquo;re looking into fabulous alternative egg options such as seagull or perhaps Cadbury.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2772970&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=325ac1e58091aa16cc34bcff10c820cd\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then, Johnson alluded to future episodes that will feature impersonations of Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet. He joked that <em>SNL<\/em> won&rsquo;t know who to cast as Trump&rsquo;s Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Pete-Hegseth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What is SNL going to do? Who&rsquo;s going to play Hegseth? Look at these guys back here. None of them got the build. Nobody has the jaw,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;Got plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zuckerberg<\/a> options, though. That&rsquo;s going to be a fight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump is notorious for late-night social media posts criticizing <em>SNL<\/em> sketches about him. As of Sunday morning, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-says-former-president-hasnt-abandoned-plan-to-repaint-air-force-one-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump team says former president hasn\u2019t abandoned plan to repaint Air Force One - Washington Examiner\">president hasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t commented on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-wastes-no-time-in-tearing-apart-trumps-return-to-office-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"SNL wastes no time in tearing apart Trump&#039;s return to office - Washington Examiner\">cold open segment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1949493\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1949493\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SNL mocks Trump on DEI and egg prices in inaugural episode<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2395262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Donald-Trump-WHDC117.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12653,16574,47989,49220,3634],"class_list":["post-2395261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-snl","tag-dei","tag-egg-prices","tag-post-inauguration","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Donald-Trump-WHDC117.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395265,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395261\/revisions\/2395265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}