‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens With Riff On Donald Trump’s Need For More Time With Zohran Mamdani: “I Really, Really Like You”
2 sources·Updated September 27, 2026
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- Variety·16h ago‘SNL’ Opens Season With Mamdani Hanging Out With BFF Trump, Natalie Harp Going ‘Obsession’ Over President
Season 52 of “Saturday Night Live” opened with its usual cold open, and it involved two unlikely political BFFs. Ramy Youssef stopped by to play New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose office was visited by James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump. The pair discussed the storm…
Read at Variety → - Deadline Hollywood·16h ago‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens With Riff On Donald Trump’s Need For More Time With Zohran Mamdani: “I Really, Really Like You”
The cold open of the new season of Saturday Night Live featured Ramy Youssef as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, getting another visit from President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson). It was a riff on their latest meeting earlier this week, an unlikely lovefest between the left…
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