‘Bottom of the Barrel, Folks!’ SNL Cold Open Shows Trump Roasting His Own Lawyers in Freewheeling Courthouse Tirade
Saturday Night Live kicked off their first show of 2024 by lampooning Donald Trump and catching up on his many legal problems ahead of the New Hampshire primary.
The segment began with Chloe Fineman portraying Alina Habba as she held a press conference at the U.S. District Court in Lower Manhattan, where Trump faces charges for defaming E. Jean Carroll. After deriding Judge Lewis Kaplan as “very unfair from the beginning,” she emphasized to the reporters gathered that “I am new at [lawyering], and I am learning!”
From there, James Austin Johnson returned with his Trump impersonation, and he thanked Fineman by telling her “You’re great on TV. Maybe the worst lawyer I’ve ever had, which is quite an accomplishment.”
Johnson then turned to the other lawyers standing behind him as he exclaimed “Look at this team! This is the bottom of the barrel, folks! This is who said yes. I’m in the lead for president, and this is the best I can get! Feels like a red flag, no? You’re not getting paid, by the way.”
Since the Carroll trial has had no shortage of fireworks, mockable moments, and Trump’s combative antics, Johnson went on to take shots at Kaplan, his primary rivals, and his continuing court woes.
“This is the campaign, folks!” he said. “This is all there is. Me yelling in courthouse lobbies, standing behind barricades like a Guatamalan family at JFK passenger pickup.”
After defending his cognitive stability amid more random digressions, Johnson-Trump bragged about winning the Iowa caucuses despite the harsh weather during the event.
My people love me. I got the old people. They’re waiting in the snow for two hours to vote for Trump. Oh darling, I’m dying! I gotta do one last thing. I gotta vote for Trump We just need them to stay alive until November. Stay alive until November. Just pull that lever and drop dead. Why? Because I am sent by God, and God has a plan for me, or whatever. I don’t know.
2024 is going to be a very exciting year. I’m either going to jail, be president, or frankly, The Purge. Perhaps all three! Let’s spin the chamber!
Watch above via NBC.
