{"id":429040,"date":"2026-01-25T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/429040\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:36:08","slug":"snl-trump-distracts-from-ice-killings-by-awarding-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/429040\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SNL\u2019 Trump Distracts From ICE Killings by Awarding Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest cold open of Saturday Night Live alluded briefly to a border agent\u2019s controversial shooting<\/a> of a VA nurse on Saturday morning in Minneapolis, but ultimately chose to stay in familiar territory.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that lady whose name I already forget gave me her Nobel Prize, I thought, \u2018I need more awards,\u2019\u201d said Trump, played by cast member James Austin Johnson. \u201cAnd after what all my little freaks and psychos and I\u2019s have been doing, I need more distractions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s idea for a distraction was an awards show, modeled on the Oscars, where (almost) all the awards went to him. <\/p>\n

\u201cLook, everything\u2019s gold and shiny,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd what a crowd we have tonight. So many awful, terrible people in the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump added, \u201cI\u2019d like to get a round of applause going for the nominees, but my doctors say if I clap, both my dead, purple hands<\/a> will explode with blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s probably nothing to worry about,\u201d Trump said. \u201cDoctors say I could live to be 120, or current age.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nurse who was fatally shot in Minneapolis on Saturday was identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Pretti\u2019s death comes less than three weeks after an ICE agent shot and killed Minneapolis mom Renee Good<\/a> in her car. <\/p>\n

SNL only touched on Minnesota briefly in its first episode back from winter break last Saturday. The episode\u2019s dress rehearsal included a \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment<\/a> about the ICE protests, but it was cut from the live show. <\/p>\n

This week\u2019s cold open alluded again to the unrest in Minnesota with the appearance of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, played by cast member Ashley Padilla. <\/p>\n

Noem won the award for \u201cBest Kiss,\u201d with the kiss being between her and \u201cTrump\u2019s a–.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SNL,SNL, Trump stealing Kristi Noem’s award. NBC <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I am honored and in no way dead inside to win a Trump [award],\u201d said Noem, who in real life has come under heavy criticism<\/a> for ICE\u2019s aggression in blue cities across the country.<\/p>\n

Noem added, \u201cI feel like I should dedicate this award to President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I accept!\u201d Trump said, happily taking the award off her hands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest cold open of Saturday Night Live alluded briefly to a border agent\u2019s controversial shooting of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[1036,1072,88,2483,13726,12015,12016,1505,92,41618],"class_list":["post-429040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-comedy","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-ice","tag-late-night","tag-saturday-night-live","tag-snl","tag-television","tag-tv","tag-tvmovies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}