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The Saturday Night Live cold open began with James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump addressing the citizens of East Palestine and launching into a meandering speech.
The former president visited the town following the February 3 train derailment, where he criticized the federal response.
Saturday Night Live's cold open this weekend featured former President Donald Trump at the site of the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, giving a meandering speech that took aim at topics ranging from Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime performance to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
>> moo-s. >> moos? moose. >> who's she? >> reporter: she's standing in front of you. >> that's you. >> she knows of what she speaks. >> america is hard to pronounce names. i think it's terrific that there are so many hard to pronounce names when we talk about people who lead this country. >> thank you, mr. earnest. >> i mean it. i'm sorry to bring everyone down. >> how do you say mayor pete's last name? >> mayor of south bend. that's the way to get around it. that's the responsible thing. >> fantastic. >> all right. the state of the union is off. but the government shutdown is still on. will t...
Democrat looking to run for president. if only we could pronounce his name. >> oh, my god. >> pete butt -- ee-egg. >> pete -- >> reporter: you try saying his name. >> i'm pete buttigieg. they call me mayor pete and that's fine. >> reporter: what isn't fine is so many of the democratic presidential wanna bes have names to trip you up. don't call him jool-ian. >> my name is hoo-lian. >> kamala harris. >> think of comma and add a la. >> somebody forgot to tell diamond and silk. >> "camilla" should be ashamed of herself. >> reporter: it's a shame when both names are tricky. >> welcome senator kris...