{"id":23367,"date":"2025-03-04T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23367"},"modified":"2025-03-04T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T21:34:09","slug":"elon-musk-claps-back-at-snl-with-savage-5-word-message-for-sketch-insulting-him-president-donald-trumps-heated-argument-with-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23367","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Claps Back At \u2018SNL\u2019 With Savage 5-Word Message For Sketch Insulting Him &#038; President Donald Trump\u2019s Heated Argument With Ukrainian President Zelenskyy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk wasn\u2019t the slightest bit impressed by this weekend\u2019s \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 cold open sketch that parodied the Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, Zelenskyy met Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance to further discuss their Mineral Resources Agreement. The televised meeting between the men quickly turned heated, however, and Zelenskyy left the White House without a finalized deal.<\/p>\n<p>SNL opened its 3\/2 show with a parody sketch of the meeting. Mikey Day (Zelenskyy), James Austin Johnson (Trump) and Bowen Yang (Vance) opened the show together before SNL icon Mike Myers showed up mid-sketch posing as Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Myers\u2019 version of Musk brought out a chainsaw and asked Johnson why he\u2019s \u201cin my office\u2026I\u2019m the president now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Zelenskyy\u2019s White House meeting with Trump and Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l7T2GCvVJW\">pic.twitter.com\/l7T2GCvVJW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saturday Night Live &#8211; SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1896062193524703261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Responding to a fan\u2019s X post that has since been deleted, Elon Musk criticized the sketch with a five-word message, \u201cHumor fails when it lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=alexhoegler&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1896319539740352707&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2Fgeneral%2Felon-musk-claps-back-at-snl-with-savage-5-word-message-for-sketch-insulting-him-president-donald-trumps-heated-argument-with-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy%2F&amp;sessionId=5b561ed4fef5782c71a253c6bedb42abbc5fec9f&amp;siteScreenName=totalprosports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1896319539740352707\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us &amp; JamX\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"follow-us-wrapper has-black-color has-text-color has-sm-font-size\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s a widespread notion that Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/feb\/06\/elon-musk-us-government-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is the acting<\/a>\u00a0President of the United States behind the scenes, not Trump. Musk has emerged as one of Trump\u2019s biggest allies, with the POTUS putting the Tesla CEO in charge of the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, becoming just the second POTUS to serve two nonconsecutive terms (Grover Cleveland was the first).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-elon-musk-donated-288-million-for-trump-s-presidential-run\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elon Musk Donated $288 Million For Trump\u2019s Presidential Run<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2249668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2194420537-1-1024x563.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2194420537-1-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2194420537-1-595x327.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2194420537-1-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2194420537-1-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2194420537-1-1536x844.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2194420537-1-2048x1126.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"Elon Musk speaking on podium\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Elon Musk (Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Long before the 2024 United States presidential election, Elon Musk had donated to Democratic and Republican politicians. In the last election, Musk endorsed Democrat Andrew Yang for his presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>But ever since Trump began his campaign for the 2024 election, Musk has emerged as one of the GOP\u2019s main donors. According to the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>, Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/02\/03\/trump-musk-president-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donated<\/a>\u00a0$288 million to Trump\u2019s 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Elon Musk wasn\u2019t the slightest bit impressed by this weekend\u2019s \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 cold open sketch that parodied the Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23369,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23367\/revisions\/23369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}