President Donald Trump went on an executive order signing spree − and shared some thoughts about Bill Belichick − in the latest "Saturday Night Live" cold open.
The sketch show's May 3 episode kicked off with Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) marking his first 100 days in office by signing a series of executive orders alongside White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (Mikey Day). The fictional orders set up Trump to riff on various topics, including North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick, 73, and his relationship with girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24.
After Miller presented Trump with an executive order to "make it socially acceptable for a man in his 70s to date a 24 year old," Johnson's Trump declared, "We're calling it the Belichick law. We're going to make girlfriends young again, OK? Old men can now date far younger women. We like that. It's hot. But in reverse, it's quite disgusting, right? Very 'Dateline.' "
Belichick recently made headlines when Hudson shut down a question about how they met during the football coach's interview with CBS.
While signing other executive orders, Johnson's Trump vowed to protect Columbus Day "for our great Italian-American friends like Tony Soprano, Benny Blanco and Childish Gambino," and dubbed J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" franchise a "wonderful place for overweight millennials to stake their entire identity, well past the point of it being cute."
The sketch began with Trump introducing himself as "perhaps your next pope," after the White House on May 2 shared a presumably AI-generated image of Trump as the pontiff. He told viewers that while it's been 100 days since he took office, it "feels longer," and his final executive order was to shorten the word recession.
"Recession will now be called recess," he announced. "Fun, right? So America, get ready for a historically long recess."
Host Quinta Brunson dedicated her "SNL" monologue to her fellow short people, and she was joined by a surprise guest who knows something about that.
The "Abbott Elementary" star launched into a song about the benefits of being short, singing, "I'm 4'11" and I'm taking this town, so if you're looking for a superstar, start looking down." While listing off other short celebrities, she named Sabrina Carpenter, only for the "Espresso" singer to actually show up.
"You were talking about being short, so I thought I'd stop by," said Carpenter, who sings about being 5 feet tall in her song "Taste."
The "Short n' Sweet" singer naturally joined in on Brunson's musical number, singing, "There's so much to do down here, so much to see from the view down here."
This was the latest "SNL" appearance for Carpenter, who performed with Paul Simon and appeared in a "Domingo" sketch during the show's 50th anniversary special in February. She also served as musical guest for the "SNL" Season 49 finale in 2024.
Another star from the opposite end of the height spectrum made a cameo during Brunson's monologue: Dwyane Wade, who said that while he may be 6-feet-4, "in basketball world, that's like 4'10." "
"SNL" will return on May 10 with host Walton Goggins and musical guest Arcade Fire, followed a week later by the season finale, hosted by Scarlett Johansson with musical guest Bad Bunny.