Alexander Hamilton meets President Trump.
Lin-Manuel Miranda reprised his position because the founding father in “Hamilton” for the “Saturday Night Live” chilly open this weekend, which mocked Trump’s second presidential inauguration.
The skit started with Miranda’s Hamilton becoming a member of a gaggle of colonial characters and rapping about America.
“What matters is the nation we build,” he mentioned. “Because in America, all men are created equal. America, not England. We’re doing the sequel. And we will have leaders, but no one thing. In America we will never have a king.”
James Austin Johnson’s Trump interrupted Miranda’s Hamilton and took over the highlight.
“Never say never,” mentioned Johnson’s Trump. “Kidding of course, though many ways I’m not. I’m in my king era.”
He went on, “But just like the founding fathers, I am creating a new country as well. And just like them, we’re doing it very whitely. DEI is over. It’s dead. Workplaces must go back to looking like the TV show ‘The Office’: mostly white people but with one funny black guy who is having a really bad time.”
Johnson’s Trump mocked Miranda’s Hamilton and mentioned he “bought tricked into coming right here and now he’s frozen on stage.
The comic then went after Trump’s son Barron, 18, who returned to the highlight for the inauguration final week.
“I’m back in the White House, just in time. Everything is back to how it was,” mentioned Johnson’s Trump. “Except now my new favorite son is Barron, and he is smacking his head on every door frame. Oh, it’s bad.”
Johnson’s Trump even in contrast the 6-foot, 7-inch school scholar to Gandalf from “Lord of the Rings.”
He then known as the inauguration “a tremendous success,” joking, “It was inside due to cold and fear. But we had a lot of surprise guests. Like Melania. That was nice.”
Johnson’s Trump went again to mocking Miranda’s Hamilton, who was nonetheless frozen on stage.
“Oh, look at Lin,” he mentioned. “Look at how bad he wants to do a rap. He wrote a whole rap and he doesn’t get to do it. Oh, the audience would have eaten that up. But we’re not gonna hear it.”
“He’s in sniffing distance of an EGOT and he’s got to stand there until I’m done,” Johnson’s Trump went on, as he lastly bought the Broadway star to crack by yelling, “Lindy, Lindy, Lindy, Lindy. Laura Linney. Lin-Manuel Miranda Cosgrove. There he is.”
Timothée Chalamet was each the host and musical visitor on the newest episode of “SNL.”
