Following a clunky cold open, host Shane Gillis’s flop of a monologue and the comic dropping an accidental F-bomb during a Dr. Seuss sketch, audiences were treated to another edition of “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update, featuring Colin Jost and Michael Che. And things kicked off with Jost needling one of his favorite targets, President Trump.
“Unfortunately, we have to start tonight with a tragic developing story involving President Trump (no, not that): It’s that President Trump has sadly not won the Nobel Peace Prize. I know, I know. But don’t worry, I think he’s taking it all in stride.”
Jost then threw to a clip of Trump at a rally whining about not being awarded the Nobel, declaring, “The Nobel Prize was given out today by a liberal person who works at the United Nations who nobody has ever heard of!”
Yes, that’s right: Navi Pillay, a South African human rights advocate, was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. According to CNN, Pillay “was integral to the anti-apartheid movement, served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and recently led the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.” The decision has also drawn criticism from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“He’s genuinely angry that he didn’t win the Peace Prize!” exclaimed Jost. “Trump kidnapped Venezuela’s president, then he did so much war that we’re running out of missiles, and he still thought, ‘This is my year!’ It’s truly like if I thought I might win an Oscar for ‘Tom & Jerry.’”
Then Che joined in on the fun. “Navi Pillay, who learned she won the Nobel Peace Prize at a conference in Germany, joked with the crowd that if they clap a little more, she may share this prize with Trump — which is a harmless little joke that may make Trump bomb whatever country he thinks she’s from.”