Unlike his father, Donald Trump Jr. prefers to take his Saturday Night Live parodies with a grain of salt. Still, there’s no telling if this Twitter gaffe was a joke or not.
On Thursday, Donald Trump’s son tried to drag a right-wing interpretation of Democrats’ 2020 platform by comparing it to a “funny version” of a “skit” from the long-running NBC show. Except he shortened the show’s title to “S&L,” which is very obviously incorrect.
don jr thinks the "N" in SNL stands for "and" pic.twitter.com/KzkL6clQdC [1]
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) January 31, 2019 [2]
The base-level interpretation here is that Trump thinks the show is called “Saturday and Live.” But perhaps he’s talking about an economic sketch show called “Savings and Loan,” or just thinks NBC should test a new name after 44 seasons and amid lagging ratings. SNL cast member Bobby Moynihan thought more simply, responding with “you a dummy.”
Trump hasn’t deleted the tweet in the hours since it was posted, so stay tuned for some jokey attempt at an explanation coming soon.
Twitter was amazed:
don’t even want to know what Eric thinks it stands for tbh
— raj (@internetraj) January 31, 2019 [3]
"Live from New York, It's Saturday Ampersand"
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 31, 2019 [4]
“My dad lost millions in the 80s SNL scandal”
— Evan Hoffman (@EvanHoffman) January 31, 2019 [5]
It’s what happens when Russian is your first language
— Lauren Wolfe (@Wolfe321) January 31, 2019 [6]
Truly the wisest guys https://t.co/EiSKt2DsPh [7]
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) January 31, 2019 [8]
His favorite music is RNBhttps://t.co/aUH65oxll8 [9]
— Carter Robinson (@bravesirobinson) January 31, 2019 [10]
I'm no fan of S&L, but i would like to see an attempt at that skit https://t.co/UMON7IdzZU [11]
— h. jon benjamin (@HJBenjamin) January 31, 2019 [12]
Is "aggressively stupid" a thing? Because…man. https://t.co/ld6d4JjWBD [13]
— Kirk (@BatKirk) January 31, 2019 [14]
STOP MAKING FUN OF @DonaldJTrumpJr [15]!!! HE HAS
LESS INTELLECT THAN HIS MUCH MORE LOVED BROTHER BARRON!! NOT OKAY!!! https://t.co/WmQDARSIiC [16]— ฿Ɽ₳Đ's Mother (@SmrtHandsome) January 31, 2019 [17]