Forget The White Lotus, it’s now The White POTUS.
Following the Mike White-created show‘s epic season three finale last Sunday, Saturday Night Live decided to spoof the hit HBO show, but with a President Donald Trump twist.
The pre-taped sketch (below) begins with Chloe Fineman portraying Melania Trump, but with Victoria Ratliff’s (Parker Posey’s character on The White Lotus) iconic southern accent. “Hun? Donald, are you getting ready? Hello? Earth to Donald, it’s your wife, Melania. Are you OK?” she asks her husband. However, James Austin Johnson’s Trump, who is seemingly taking on the role of Jason Isaacs’s Timothy Ratliff, clearly has his mind on something else.
As for the rest of the memorable Ratliff — or should I say Trump — family, who are plagued by financial troubles throughout season three, Mikey Day portrays Donald Trump Jr. (Patrick Schwarzenegger’s Saxon), former SNL castmember Alex Moffat makes a cameo as Eric Trump (Sam Nivola’s Lochlan) and Scarlett Johansson makes a surprise appearance as Ivanka Trump (Sarah Catherine Hook’s Piper).
“We are so lucky that America will always be a rich and powerful nation. I mean, can you imagine how awful it would be if America lost all its money and no one in the world respected us anymore?” Fineman’s Melania says at the dinner table, just as Austin’s Trump gets a text with an article’s headline that reads, “Trump Triggers Worldwide Recession.”
“You would never let our economy go to pieces. Right, hun?” Fineman’s Melania adds.
Host Jon Hamm also portrays Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who took on the role of Rick (Walton Goggins), while Sarah Sherman plays Aimee Lou Wood’s Chelsea and Lizzo plays Natasha Rothwell’s Belinda. “These old white Trump dudes are trying to ruin my life,” the singer-rapper says. “Oh my gosh, there’s $5 million in my bank account. It was $20 million last week.”
Day’s Don Jr. later ends up having a shocking sex scene similar to Saxon’s in The White Lotus; however, instead of the season three incest storyline, he gets intimate with Kenan Thompson’s Tiger Woods, who is currently dating Don Jr.’s real-life ex-wife.
SNL also couldn’t forget several key figures in the current Trump administration. In the sketch, Heidi Gardner also plays Kristi Noem, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, while Ashley Padilla portrays U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Marcello Hernández plays U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
