'SNL' cold open addresses Donald Trump's tariffs tanking the stock market

Yes, Mike Myers as Elon shows up.
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Tim Marcin
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Saturday Night Live opened this week with — what else, really — President Donald Trump's tariffs that have tanked the stock market.

SNL had cast member James Austin Johnson do his spot-on Trump impression and deliver the news about the tariffs.

"It's actually even better than a plan because it's a series of random numbers," Johnson says as Trump. "Like the numbers on the computer screen in Severance. You have no idea what the hell they mean."

Not to give too much away but Mike Myers shows up as Elon Musk again and, yes, they do address the IRL reports of a fracture between the president and his right-hand man.

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).


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