“ Weekend Update ” hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che had a blast picking apart Donald Trump ‘s cabinet picks, with a special appearance by Bowen Yang cosplaying as Joe Exotic (of Netflix’s Tiger King fame). “On Wednesday, Trump nominated Matt Gaetz for attorney general, and Gaetz said the same thing he does when he sees a teenage girl: I’ll do it,” Jost joked, to initial gasps and then claps. He added that Gaetz was picked “after Trump remembered his original pick was found dead in a jail cell,” alongside a picture of Jeffrey Epstein.
Next, Che skewered Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency, which posted a job listing calling for candidates “willing to work 80+ hours a week for no money, but you can’t be surprised that the white African guy’s first idea is slavery.” Of course, “Weekend Update” would be remiss not to mention Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
and his brainworms: “Kennedy, whose skin is always cooked to a perfect medium rare, will lead the Department of Health and Human Services, and I know he doesn’t have a lot of experience, but I say we should give him a shot,” Jost said, accompanied by a photo of a syringe. Also mentioned was a throwaway joke about the Tyson-Paul fight livestreamed on Netflix the night prior: “Last night, Jake Paul and Mike Tyson teamed up to defeat everyone watching.” At this point, Yang’s Exotic was summoned to comment on his penning a letter asking Trump for a pardon from prison (his third time.