Trump Executive Orders Cold Open

President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) addresses the nation to celebrate his first 100 days in office, rattling off a mix of real and wildly fictional executive orders. He calls in advisor Stephen Miller (Mikey Day), who floats in with sinister organ music playing, and Marco Rubio (Marcello Hernández) to help unveil the latest decrees. Orders include protecting Columbus Day for "great Italian Americans like Tony Soprano, Benny Blanco, and Childish Gambino," making NYT Connections easier, passing the "Belichick Law" allowing old men to date much younger women, and — most urgently — outlawing ghosts, who visit Trump every Christmas Eve rattling chains and urging him to change his ways.

The sketch was notably tight with no cameos, unlike many Season 50 cold opens. Mikey Day's Stephen Miller was played as silently floating/gliding, with sinister organ music on his entrance — described by fans as "Lord of the Shadows." The dress rehearsal version reportedly opened with Trump wearing a Pope hat. The sketch references real executive orders (banning paper straws, defunding PBS) mixed with satirical ones. James Austin Johnson's turkey-neck makeup/prosthetics were widely praised in comments.