President Trump seemed unconcerned that Saturday Night Live UK’s first-ever opening sketch was an impersonation of himself, as he posted the segment without comment on his Truth Social account on Sunday morning.
As Tina Fey noted in her opening monologue, many American viewers had to struggle a bit to fully understand the new spin-off’s mix of British accents and unfamiliar cultural references.
In keeping with the American show’s tradition of opening with a political skit, George Fouracres played British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who tries to break the news to US President Donald Trump that he doesn’t want to get involved in the Iran war. Four Acres, as Starmer, began a sit-down skit.
I was sitting at my desk with a framed photo of Trump behind me. When the phone rang, he asked, “Oh my god! What if Donald yells at me? What should I say?” Talk to the advisor played by Hamed Animashaun. “Prime Minister, please be yourself!” says the advisor. “You are someone who is liked by everyone.”
Starmer (who has been described as a “jellyfish” and a “doormat” in the British press) hung up on Trump as soon as he answered the phone, lamenting: “Oh, what a horrible, horrible, wonderful president. Why is he so foul-mouthed and so hard to talk to?”
Starmer’s new Gen Z advisor (played by Jack Shepp) appears and calls him “Sturmzy”, a play on British rapper Stormzy.
A Gen Z adviser advised Starmer that instead of trying to talk to President Trump on the phone, he should send a voice memo. Four Acres, to which Starmer responds, “I’ll try anything, I’ll do anything, except be resolute.”
“Hello, Donald. I’m afraid I can’t go to war with you, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be friends,” Fouracres says. “America and Britain have a long and proud tradition of cooperation, and you can’t take that away. Remember the good times? Remember D-Day? Remember Live Aid? Remember Iraq? The first week and the rest of the week, nothing. Remember Helen Baxterdale in Friends? Remember Hugh Laurie in Friends? Remember the episode in Friends where they all came to London?”
“But most importantly, remember when Ross and Rachel were on a break? I think that’s probably what we need. Not forever, but until we get all this war out of the system. We want different things. I know how much you want to start World War III, and that’s great. You absolutely would, but we can’t be part of it. But we can use the naval base whenever we want.”
Mr Starmer’s adviser congratulated him and said: “Well done, sir. You’ve done the bare minimum. That’s all people expect of you.”
Trump has twice hosted the American version of “Saturday Night Live,” and has frequently criticized the show’s cruel depictions as “not funny.”
Check out the segment below.
