{"id":16440,"date":"2025-04-13T12:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T12:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/16440\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T12:01:07","slug":"snl-host-jon-hamm-plays-disillusioned-news-host-in-trump-tariffs-segment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/16440\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL Host Jon Hamm Plays Disillusioned News Host In Trump Tariffs Segment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/saturday-night-live\/\" id=\"auto-tag_saturday-night-live\" data-tag=\"saturday-night-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> came out of the gate swinging at President Donald Trump after another tumultuous week for the U.S. economy, poking fun at the chaos with a segment featuring host <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jon-hamm\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jon-hamm\" data-tag=\"jon-hamm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Hamm<\/a> as a very disillusioned cable news personality trying to make sense of the mess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cLet\u2019s check on the S&amp;P500, down 2.3%, the NASDAQ is down 265 points\u2026does that mean anything to anyone?\u201d he says at the top of the broadcast on CTCBC (Check-to-Check Business News Channel).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHis co-host, played by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/snl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_snl\" data-tag=\"snl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SNL<\/a> cast member Ego Nwodim, chimes in: \u201cI\u2019m sure it means something to someone, but it sounds like a bunch of gibberish to me. Let\u2019s take a look at box mac and cheese, which is up 4.5% to $1.59.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAghast, Hamm asks, \u201cEven across the street?\u201d The answer is yes, even across the street. For inquiring minds, \u201cbig ass box of Bisquick\u201d is also up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe healthcare sector isn\u2019t looking much better, according to Hamm\u2019s character, who says \u201cso far, in 2025 spending on doctor visits remains steady at zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThose feeling the squeeze from Trump\u2019s tariffs are in luck, as CTCBC\u2019s David Hayes (Kenan Thompson) has some suggestions for how and where to make cuts to the budget to get by. For example, try subbing Cap\u2019n Crunch with the generic \u201cSergeant Munch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cLower rank, lower price,\u201d Thompson\u2019s character promises. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWatch the full sketch above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Live came out of the gate swinging at President Donald Trump after another tumultuous week for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,11104,11105,7167,7168,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-16440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-jon-hamm","10":"tag-nbc","11":"tag-saturday-night-live","12":"tag-snl","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114330552691343786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}