"Trump apologizes for not taking Vance along with him to China, explaining that I didn't want to. After giving Vance the boot, Trump takes a nap (using a gold bar gifted to him by Sweden as a pillow), during which he's visited by the ghost of his good friend Jeffrey Epstein (tonight's host, Will Ferrell). Epstein has been keeping busy in hell playing mahjong with Stalin and John Wayne Gacy, as well as writing for the recent Netflix Roast of Kevin Hart (this dig clearly comes from SNL head writer Michael Che, who took to social media earlier this week to criticize the roast for hiring all-white writers and giving hosting duties to Shane Gillis)."
"Epstein shows Trump visions of the future: Kristi Noem (Ashley Padilla) is hawking vacuum cleaners on informercials (The best way to clean up that mess your dog made, besides a gun it can even handle balloon scraps left over from when your husband's giant balloon breasts popped), while Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) and Kash Patel (Aziz Ansari) are hosting a booze-soaked podcast following the end of the Iran war (We came in second). Epstein reminds the president that no matter how things go in the future, people will always think of him when they think of Trump. The two then sing a rendition of Just the Two of Us, before almost kissing."
"As Epstein points out, this Trump presidency has been so insane that the revelation that the head of DHS's spouse is a cross-dresser was only a one-week story, so there's no way SNL could have fit all this season's headlines into one cold open. Still, this was a game effort, with Ferrell being the show's best Epstein yet. In the cleverest opening the show has done in ages, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer and Ferrell doppelganger Chad Smith attempts to hijack"
The season finale opens in the Oval Office with President Trump and Vice-President JD Vance discussing Trump’s recent China trip. Trump apologizes for not bringing Vance, dismisses him, and takes a nap using a gold bar as a pillow. During the nap, the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein appears and takes Trump through visions of the future. Kristi Noem sells vacuum cleaners on informercials, while Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel host a drunken podcast after the end of the Iran war. Epstein warns that people will always associate Trump with chaos, and the two sing together before nearly kissing. The cold open ends by noting how quickly headlines move and how much insanity the season contained.
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