Saturday Night Live lampooned the infamous Oval Office spat that took place one day earlier by bringing in a chainsaw-wielding Mike Myers to portray DOGE head Elon Musk.
The show’s iconic cold open featured a political sketch that riffed off the made-for-TV White House showdown between President Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
Comedian James Austin Johnson took on the part of Trump, opening the show with: ‘I’d like to welcome President Zelensky here to this incredible trap.
‘It’s going to be a big, beautiful trap, and we’re going to attack him very soon for no reason, right?’
Mikey Day took on the role of Zelensky, alongside Bowen Yang who portrayed an overzealous Vice President JD Vance.
Johnson’s Trump made jokes over the Zelensky’s outfit inside the Oval Office, saying: ‘Who shows up to the White House in a t-shirt and jeans like a garbage person.’
Right on cue, Mike Myers appears as Elon Musk in the background, wearing his signature ‘tech support’ t-shirt and black jeans while revving a red chainsaw.
The power saw was similar to the one Musk appeared on stage with at CPAC last month.
As part of the shows cold opening, a tongue-in-cheek voice over kicked off proceedings as it described the meeting between the two as going ‘really, really well’
Bowen Yang portrayed an overzealous Vice President JD Vance during the cold opening
SNL’s Trump hilariously adds: ‘Elon we love your outfit, very official and very respectful. And I love when he gets that chainsaw right to my head.’
Fake Elon then jokes that the Oval Office belongs to him before breaking out in shouts of ‘legalize comedy’.
The work of DOGE is then pointed out, with Johnson saying: ‘They’re doing mass firings in the government.
‘We love mass firings because you don’t have to know what any of their names are or what exactly they do.’
Myers’ Musk responds: ‘I mean, we’re not going to get it perfect, you know, we are firing the non essential employees, like air traffic controllers.’
The show then ripped into some of the employees of DOGE who have been unmasked as being as young 19 years old.
Fake Trump wheels out one DOGE ’employee’ known as ‘big balls’, who tells the office: ‘This week I fired a black general a woman admiral. It was awesome!
‘And in addition to DOGE, we’ve started another initiative called the Department of Undoing Child Health care and Education, or DOUCHE.’
Myers rips on a red chainsaw, similar to the one Musk appeared on stage with at CPAC last month
The yelling match that unfolded on Friday was unlike anything ever seen inside the Oval Office
Myers as Musk hilariously responds: ‘DOUCHE is going to be epic! DOUCHE is going to really clean everything out well.’
Fake Trump then caps off the cold open by announcing he would releasing the Epstein Files.
‘And to cap off an amazing week, we’re going to finally release the Epstein Files. Yes, America is going to see all the names, from A to S. No T,’ he insists.
The show also included Shane Gillis in his second time hosting, alongside musical guest Tate McRae.
Gillis had previously hosted the show last year after being ousted from SNL in 2019 over racist and homophobic remarks.
Myers had replaced his longtime SNL castmate, and fellow Wayne’s World star, Dana Carvey in being Musk. Carvey took up the role after Trump won last year’s election.
The real Musk had posted on his platform X criticizing Carvey’s portrayal of him at the time, writing: ‘Dana Carvey, just sounds like Dana Carvey.’
The show ripped into some of the employees of DOGE who have been unmasked as being as young 19 years old
Myers had replaced his longtime SNL castmate, and fellow Wayne’s World star, Dana Carvey in being Musk
Myers appeared with a chainsaw, much like Musk did at CPAC after being gifted one by Argentina’s President Javier Milei, seen here in the background
The yelling match that SNL poked fun at what was unlike anything ever seen publicly in the Oval Office. And it played out on TV screens across the world.
The fallout of the incident has left Ukraine’s future in doubt as the country continues to fight Russian forces, with Zelensky asked to leave the White House shortly after.
After the cameras left the Oval Office, Zelensky went to a holding room in the West Wing. He and Trump did not meet again.
On Friday night, Zelensky said he wanted Trump to be ‘more on our side’ and refused to apologize for the Oval Office incident in an interview with Fox News.
He was asked point blank by Bret Baier if he owed Trump an apology and twice filibustered before refusing and instead attempting to be gracious and added ‘I’m not sure we did something bad.’
‘We’re thankful to Americans for all your support, you did a lot, I’m thankful to President Trump and Congress’ bipartisan support.
The fallout of the incident has left Ukraine’s future in doubt as the country continues to fight Russian forces
‘You helped us a lot from the very beginning, you helped us to survive. We are strategic partners.’
When asked again, he refused again and tried to explain his own position.
‘We have to be honest and we have to be direct with each other. Nobody wants to finish more than we because we are in this war, in this battle for freedom for our lives,’ he said.
He said he needs Trump to be ‘on the same side’ and needs him to stop Vladimir Putin.
‘I want President Trump to be more on our side,’ he said when Baier asked if he felt it was okay for Trump to be ‘in the middle’ of negotiations.
