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Should ‘SNL’ Ditch the Political Cold Open?
['Opheli Garcia Lawler', 'Keegan Kelly', 'Am Smiley', 'Matt Solomon']
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Donald Trump, if he were not the president of the United States, would be a fraudulent developer who yearned to host his own daytime television show.
But Trump is the president of the United States, and he’s using the executive branch to terrorize immigrants, threaten political enemies and cover the Oval Office in a truly tacky amount of gold.
The only solace with the Colbert/Kimmel/Meyers jokes is that Trump getting made fun of every night genuinely bothers him.
On a post in the r/LiveFromNewYork subreddit, one user posited that the show should opt for fewer political cold opens.
And with Lorne Michaels’ casting choices seeming to suggest he’s catering to a “both sides” audience, it’s unlikely these political cold opens will all of a sudden really try to take a meaningful bite out of Trump.