SNL cold open mocks Trump indictment as James Austin Johnson's Donald calls Don ... trends now
Saturday Night Live kicked off its April Fool's episode with a cold open spoofing Donald Trump's upcoming arrest as they joked he'd 'never seen Melania happier.'
Comedian James Austin Johnson impersonated the former President in the skit which poked fun at Trump's resistance to his indictment, his frequent spelling errors online and his anger at the 'radical left Democrats.'
And the sketch also mocked Trump's son Donald Junior whom he referred to as 'my Kendall Roy' - a reference to the bumbling character from HBO series Succession.
SNL has a long history of parodying the entrepreneur-turned-politician, prompting him to repeatedly hit out at the show and its 'low ratings'.
Saturday's episode which comes just three days before Trump is to report to a nearby Manhattan court, began with a 'message' from the former president.
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SNL kicked off its April Fool's episode with a cold open claiming to be a message from Donald Trump
Austin Johnson goes onto joke that the 76-year-old politician is launching an album called 'Now that's what I call my legal defense fund'
Austin Johnson then launches into a monologue by quoting the Taylor Swift lyrics: 'Hi, it's me. I'm the problem, it's me.'
He continues: 'Well folks it happened. I got indicted. Or as I spell it indicated.'
The joke was a reference to a spelling error Trump made on his Truth Social account Thursday evening following the news of his indictment over alleged hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels.
'Frankly, it's time that I come clean, admit that I broke the law, and go quietly to prison.
'April fools! That was a prank. I was doing a Jim from office. But make no mistake, what the radical left Democrats are doing to me is worse than any crime I've ever committed, and I've committed a lot, close to 34.'
Austin Johnson goes onto joke that the 76-year-old politician is launching an album called 'Now that's what I call my legal defense fund.'
The skit included a nod to the 'Justice for All song' recently released by Trump and the J6 Prison Choir to raise funds to support those locked up after the
