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‘SNL’ Cold Open: Trump Cuts Off Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Rap to Defend His First Week in Office

"Just like the Founding Fathers, I am creating a new country," the president says. "And just like them, we’re doing it very whitely"

The first Saturday Night Live since Donald Trump ‘s second inauguration began with the Republican president interrupting the signing of the Declaration of Independence–which Lin-Manuel Miranda had begun to rap about–in order to proclaim that he’s in his “king era.” Trump then referenced his executive orders withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization. He also praised Pete Hegseth, the scandal-plagued former Fox News host who was barley confirmed as Secretary of Defense on Friday night.

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