{"id":350036,"date":"2025-11-02T09:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/350036\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T09:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:39:12","slug":"snl-weekend-update-trashes-trumps-white-house-renovations-weird-halloween-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/350036\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SNL\u2019 Weekend Update Trashes Trump\u2019s White House Renovations, \u2018Weird\u2019 Halloween Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Saturday Night Live\u2018s Weekend Update mocked Donald Trump\u2019s multiple White House renovations, as well his inability to be normal even while giving out candy to trick or treaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Co-anchor Colin Jost honed in one of of Trump\u2019s interactions with a costumed child on Friday at \u201cwhat\u2019s left of the White House.\u201d Trump, like he did in 2019, put a piece of candy on the child\u2019s head\u2014instead of in the bag they\u2019re carrying around for that very reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJust put it the bag!\u201d Jost said. \u201cWhy is he so weird? Even the kids is like, \u2018This is not right.\u2019 It\u2019s kind of an embodiment of his entire presidency\u2014just a violation of norms that no other president or person has ever conceived of. Like who\u2019s ever thought: \u2018I should just put the candy on the kid\u2019s head.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jost also ribbed the president and first lady for walking out to greet trick or treaters while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/feature\/michael-jackson-thriller-video-97948\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller\u201d<\/a> played.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJust the perfect soundtrack to lure kids to a famous mansion,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Co-anchor Michael Che then addressed Trump proudly announcing the remodeling of a White House bathroom, on top of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/night-hosts-object-trump-going-065120268.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:his demolition of;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his demolition of<\/a> the East Wing, which had stood for 123 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Critics are calling the move \u201ctone deaf,\u201d Che said. \u201cBut I\u2019m happy that the floor looks slippery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jost also mocked some of Trump\u2019s trip to Asia this week. Noting that the president was given a gold crown and beef patties with ketchup while in South Korea, Jost joked that the 79-year-old basically just had a Happy Meal with a toy. And as for Trump rating his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping a \u201c12\u201d on a scale of one to ten, Jost said: \u201cI guess Trump just wanted to show China we\u2019re still way worse at math.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.rollingstone.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RollingStone&#039;s Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">RollingStone&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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