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- Colin Jost and Michael Che mocked the Trump administration’s handling of a nationwide FAA ground stop on SNL’s “Weekend Update.”
- Jost joked about the administration’s uncertain messaging and its explanation that a contractor’s cable upgrade caused the disruption.
- The segment also mocked Trump’s claim that he knew nothing about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s alleged relationship with a Chinese spy.
Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” mocked President Donald Trump‘s response to the nationwide FAA ground stop.
In the Saturday, November 14 episode of SNL, Colin Jost and Michael Che roasted the Trump administration’s handling of the ground stop during the “Weekend Update” segment.
“Well, the FAA suddenly and mysteriously grounded all U.S. flights yesterday,” Jost began. “‘Oh, thank God, a different news story,’ said Jensen Huang.”
He continued, “Thousands of flights were canceled, tens of thousands of flights have been delayed. Well, well, well. Suddenly, ferry transportation… Yeah, suddenly it’s looking pretty reliable.” (In 2022, Jost and Pete Davidson purchased a decommissioned Staten Island ferry for $280,100 at an auction.)
Additionally, Jost pointed out, “The scary thing by far about all these flights getting grounded was the messaging from the normally dependable Trump administration. First, they said it was a telecommunications outage as of now. Which, why ‘as of now’? No one wants to hear, ‘Your child is safe, as of now.’”
Scarlett Johansson‘s husband also brought up Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy‘s saying the situation was “a result of a contractor upgrading copper wire to fiber optic cable.” Jost joked, “So one guy switched out one wire and took out all planes? I think that’s literally a scene from the movie Airplane!”
Meanwhile, Che took aim at Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
“After the FAA grounded all flights on Friday, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin tried to calm fears by saying this is not a 9/11. Which he knew because Rudy Giuliani didn’t see his shadow.”
Elsewhere in the “Weekend Update” segment, Jost called out Trump for claiming not to know about Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
“Insiders are also saying that despite President Trump’s claim that he didn’t know about the Nvidia CEO’s relationship with a Chinese spy, he was actually briefed about it on a trip to China in May. So this concludes yet another game of…” as the mock game show title “Dementia or Lying” was announced.
Jost then quipped, “And it turns out it was a trick question: It’s always both.”
The Trump jabs didn’t end there.
“President Trump said in an interview that before he leaves office, he wants to topple Cuba’s communist regime,” Che said. “But I don’t know. Dude can’t even topple America’s communist regime.”
SNL then showed a photo of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Sen. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and Abdul El-Sayed, the newly elected Senator from Michigan.
Saturday Night Live, Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC