“SNL” takes aim at Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz and RFK Jr.

“Weekend Update” quickly took aim at President-elect Donald Trump and those around him, from RFK Jr. to Elon Musk to Matt Gaetz.

But of course, “Saturday Night Live’s” fake news show began with something about the health care CEO’s killer story that has rocked the nation since United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was brazenly shot to death in midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4. “Weekend Update” host Colin Jost noted that the country has been “engaged in the thorny, thorny debate about who’s going to play this guy in the Netflix miniseries.”

Jost also pointed out that while accused gunman Luigi Mangione is suspected of harboring hostility toward American business, the facts of the case do not match. “Yet before the shooting he went to Starbucks and got caught at McDonald’s – his greatest crime may have been hypocrisy,” Jost said.

Jost and his co-host Michael Che then took turns commenting on Trump and his staff. Jost noted that Trump was named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year, noting that the recognition was appropriate because “no one has taken that much time.”

Che commented earlier this week on the news that controversial former GOP congressman Matt Gaetz was moving to the One America Network to host a political talk show. Gaetz resigned his seat under pressure from an ongoing ethics investigation. Last month, he was forced to withdraw his candidacy to be Trump’s attorney general after it became clear that Gaetz, who has been accused of sexual conduct with underage girls, did not have the support for confirmation despite Trump’s enthusiastic support in the Senate.

Gaetz’s new OAN series will cover “everything from quinceañeras to prom jitters,” Che said.

Among other political barbs:

Regarding RFK Jr.’s efforts to end the polio vaccine requirement, Che quipped, “Because it’s not Christmas without a few Tiny Tims.”

When Elon Musk explained that Trump and the late Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg agreed on the issue of abortion, he said, “I didn’t even know Trump got her pregnant.”

When Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson fulfilled her dream of appearing on Broadway with her one-night appearance in the musical “& Juliet,” Che said it happened “while (Supreme Court Justice) Clarence Thomas was all.” blew off the stage. Kinky boots.’ ”

The “Weekend Update” segment also included lengthy segments with cast members Andrew Dismukes and Jane Wickline. Dismukes criticized the UK court ruling that attracted attention this week by ruling that calling a man bald amounts to harassment. Wickline delivered one of her signature songs, which addressed Sabrina Carpenter and Wickline’s efforts to stir up rumors about her sexuality on the internet in order to boost her career.

“A lot of people on the internet like to spread juicy rumors about whether pop stars are gay. “When will one person ever do this against me?” Wickline sang.