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SNL sparks debate after taking aim at President Zelenskyy and Donald Trump meeting

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Published 11:46 2 Mar 2025 GMT

SNL sparks debate after taking aim at President Zelenskyy and Donald Trump meeting

The cast of Saturday Night Live wasted no time in poking fun at Friday's meeting between President Zelenskyy and Donald Trump

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

A skit on last night's Saturday Night Live has raised some eyebrows.

The cast wasted no time in addressing a huge topic of conversation of late: US President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's chaotic White House meeting on Friday (February 28).

The two heads of state butted heads during their meeting in the Oval Office, which was also attended by US Vice President Vance.

To start things off, Trump didn't seem terribly pleased that Zelenskyy didn't wear a suit to their meeting – something which the Ukrainian was grilled about by a member of the American press.

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Elsewhere, Vance called Zelenskyy out for not being thankful enough to the US and Trump for 'trying to save his country'.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance recently met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance recently met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

In the wake of it being all over the news in the last couple of days, SNL decided to comically reenact the meeting in true SNL style.

For the skit, Mikey Day portrayed Zelenskyy, Bowen Yang was Vance, and James Austin Johnson starred as Trump.

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Elsewhere, SNL alum Mike Myers made an appearance as Tesla CEO, Elon Musk.

During the segment, they quipped that the meeting went 'really, really well' as Johnson introduced himself as the 'CEO of the Gaza Hotel' in reference to the Republican party's plans to make the war-torn part of the world 'into Mar-A-Lago'.



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The fake Trump also told the fictional Zelenskyy to tell Vladimir Putin 'how much you loved him and you’re sorry' for the war.

Noting Vance's calls for more thankfulness from Zelenskyy on Friday, Yang (as Vance) said: "You haven’t said thank you for the past 15 seconds since I’ve been yelling at you."

People have since reacted to the skit and shared their thoughts online.

Speaking about Myers' unexpected cameo, another wrote: "Mike Myers as Elon Musk is absolutely hilarious. I haven't laughed this hard at an SNL sketch in many years."

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"Hahah this is hilarious," added a second, and another SNL viewer hailed the skit as 'perfect'.

"This is pure comedic genius," raved someone else.

Not everybody found the SNL skit funny (NBC)
Not everybody found the SNL skit funny (NBC)

Others noted that the segment wasn't that far from the real events.

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"Very funny... except it is mostly true which strikes fear in my heart," one person said.

Someone else penned: "This is hilarious, to think there’s literally no difference what happened and an SNL skit."

Because of this, some people didn't find the skit amusing.

One person questioned: "Am I the only one who doesn’t find this funny at all?"

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"Oh my god, this is so utterly disrespectful. These people are insane," said another critic.

Featured Image Credit: NBC

Topics: Saturday Night Live, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Politics, Viral, Film and TV

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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