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‘SNL’ Cold Open: Trump Pays Surprise Visit to Mamdani
President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) paid a surprise visit to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Ramy Youssef) in tonight’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open.
“What reckless lunatic would travel to see me in this kind of weather?” Youssef’s Mamdani asked at the top of the cold open, before Johnson’s Trump arrived to inform the mayor he had traversed through the El Niño storm to pay a visit to his unlikely pal. “For some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like you,” the president said.
Later, “SNL” star Ashley Padilla made her debut as Trump’s executive assistant, Natalie Harp. Drenched, Padilla’s Harp warned Youssef’s Mamdani, “If you hurt him, I will end you.”
You can watch part of tonight’s “SNL” cold open yourself below.
SNL introduces its Natalie Harp (Ashley Padilla) pic.twitter.com/Q3aA1PBCLQ
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