The Weekend Replace desk at “Saturday Evening Reside” devoted its opening to hocking some loogies at Donald Trump’s picks to steer his presidential administration. That listing contains billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who has been tapped by Trump to steer the newly shaped Division of Authorities Effectivity taskforce, which goals to “dismantle Authorities Paperwork, slash extra rules, reduce wasteful expenditures and restructure Federal Companies,” per the President-elect.
Weekend Replace anchor Michael Che famous that Musk had shared job listings for the brand new taskforce, which state workers will probably be working “80-plus hours per week for no cash.”
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“You may’t be shocked that the white African man’s first concept is slavery,” Che mentioned.
Che’s co-anchor Colin Jost additionally received just a few jabs in, opening the section with digs at lawyer common decide Matt Gaetz, who was as soon as embroiled in a intercourse trafficking investigation (which led to no prices) and now faces a brand new accusation of getting intercourse with a minor. Gaetz resigned as a Congress member earlier this week after being tapped to hitch Trump’s administration.
“Trump nominated Matt Gaetz for lawyer common and Gaetz mentioned the identical factor he says when he sees a teenage woman: I’ll do it,” Jost mentioned, getting some groans from the gang. He continued with, “Gaetz, who was created when Frankenstein raped Dracula, was chosen for lawyer common after Trump remembered that his authentic decide was present in lifeless a jail cell,” making a reference to the formally dominated suicide of intercourse legal and New York financier Jeffrey Epstein.
“Congratulations to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who grew to become the primary mind worm survivor nominated to a cupboard degree place,” Jost mentioned in a later section. “Kennedy, whose pores and skin is all the time cooked to an ideal medium uncommon, will lead the Division of Well being and Human Companies. I do know he doesn’t have lots of expertise, however I say we give him a shot,” he continued, referencing Kennedy’s much-touted skepticism relating to vaccinations.
Charli XCX pulled double-duty as each host and musical visitor for this week’s “Saturday Evening Reside.”
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