‘SNL’ mocks President Trump over rising gas prices during cold weather
“Saturday Night Live” began its latest episode with a cold opening in which Donald Trump discusses Iran and rising gas prices.
“Saturday Night Live” dragged a mocked shirtless Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the emergency room this week.
For Harry Styles’ March 14 hosting duties, the singer worked as a Best Buy staff member, a European cruise host, and a White Castle drive-thru employee. But one of the most talked-about skits of the night was “MAHAspital,” a satire on President Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” policy in the style of the hospital drama “The Pit.” Styles played a Dr. Robbie-like character.
In a fake promo “for people who love ‘The Pit’ but can’t stand its bogus liberal science,” the cast focused on raw milk infusions, shelved ivermectin, and suggested a “methylene blue and full moon ritual” treatment. Instead of Tylenol and defibrillators, emergency room staff touted whey powder, red light therapy masks, and a “cold rush in blue jeans.”
“If your favorite character in The Pit was the guy who punched a nurse in the face, you’re going to love MAHAspital,” the narrator advertises.
‘SNL’ trolls RFK Jr. and MAHA with ‘The Pit’ sketch
“MAHAspital” is a clear criticism of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. His recent federal actions and positions include revising pediatric vaccine guidance, questioning psychiatric drugs, and inverting the food pyramid.
As nurses triage an 80-year-old potential stroke patient, Stiles’ character suggests an alternative treatment: “What she needs is steak. She needs protein, guys!”
In another scene, a patient’s “testosterone crashes” and Ben Marshall’s character prescribes “bull semen.” Later, after a comatose patient turns out to be vegan, he says, “Well, there’s nothing we can do,” and cracks down on the patient.
The “MAHAspital” sketch, which will be “soon to be published in the Daily Wire,” culminates with the de facto MAHA leader himself entering the hospital. Kennedy, played by James Austin Johnson, is shirtless with visible veins and rides around a dead bear wearing only jeans. This is a reference to the true story of Kennedy beating a bear cub to death and then loading it into his car with the intention of skinning it and preserving the meat. However, he was late for dinner in the city, so instead he made a bear look like it had been run over by a biker in Central Park.
“Get him ready!” the satirized “SNL” Kennedy told the “MAHAspital” staff. But not for the surgery, but for the jerky. “It’s been dead for many days, but the meat is still delicious.”
This isn’t the first time “SNL” has mocked Kennedy. In November 2024, Alec Baldwin replaced President Donald Trump’s famous impersonation with Kennedy in a skit about Cabinet picks.
“Americans need people like me, a 70-year-old man with movie-star looks and a brain bug, to teach them how to be healthy,” said Baldwin’s Kennedy. Later, he said, “I place great value in a woman’s right to choose, to choose whether or not to give polio to her child.”
