Is Trump Breaking <em>Saturday Night Live</em>?

The cold open of this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live featured a reimagining of the interview that Donald Trump gave last week to NBC’s Lester Holt. Here is an incomplete list of the news items and general observations SNL referenced in that sketch:

- the loyalty oath that the newly inaugurated President Trump of then-FBI director James Comey, shortly after the former’s inauguration - the Anderson Cooper gave, this week, to Kellyanne Conway - President Trump’s seeming admission, during his , that he fired Comey because of Comey’s Russia investigation—which might seem toopen him up to obstruction of justice charges - the “bonkers” candidates who are under consideration to replace Comey - Judge Judy - the unfavorable “optics” of Trump’s meeting with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, the day after he fired Comey - Paul Ryan’s seeming eagerness to do the bidding of President Trump - historians’ and other commentators’ comparisons of President Trump to President Nixon - the recent back-benching of Kellyanne Conway - Trump’s assertion, in an interview with , that he the longstanding economic phrase “priming the pump” - Trump’s obsession with having won the election - Trump’s having lost the popular vote - Trump’s having bragged, before an appearance on , about sexual assault - Trump’s tendency to breathe heavily into microphones when giving speeches and interviews - Trump’s tendency, according to , to “sit on every chair like it’s a toilet”