Another Saturday Night Live, another Cold Open starring James Austin Johnson doing his eerily spot-on Donald Trump impression.
This week, the sketch starts sweetly with Kenan Thompson, Marcello Hernández, and Bowen Yang delivering a heartfelt Mother’s Day tribute — complete with their actual moms on stage. Enter Trump.
“Don’t worry, those aren’t even the real moms, those are actors,” Johnson’s Trump quips. “SNL wouldn’t spring for the flights.”
From there, it’s five straight minutes of Johnson channeling Trump in full stand-up mode, complete with a surprise drop-in from former cast member Cecily Strong as Jeanine Pirro, the FOX News host and Trump’s interim pick for U.S. Attorney for D.C.
Alongside Colin Jost playing Pete Hegseth, the Cold Open gleefully skewers both for their enthusiastic relationship with alcohol. Trump even dubs them the “AA Team.”
