SNL Nazi joke about Trump officials gets awkward audience reaction

A “Saturday Evening Stay” joke evaluating the Trump administration to the Nazis did not appear to hit the viewers this weekend, or maybe the viewers simply did not perceive it.

Within the satirical information phase “Weekend Replace,” host Colin Jost joked that President Donald Trump was sending billions in assist to Argentina “as a result of if historical past is any information, many Trump officers will ultimately flee to Argentina.”

The joke was met with muffled laughter and a clumsy pause from the studio viewers, a lot to Jost’s obvious shock when he stated, “Okay, one punch.” He added that he was “simply joking.”

SNL’s Colin Jost throughout a ‘Weekend Replace’ phase on October 18, 2025. (Screenshot/NBC)

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It was clear reference to Nazi war criminals who fled to Argentina after the Second World Warfare. The escape routes the Nazis used to flee Europe after the battle had been referred to as ‘ratlines’.

The present ridiculed Trump and his allies within the regular method. At one other level, Jost joked about Trump’s remark this week that he won’t get to heavenand stated he was clearly “manner too busy down right here operating from hell.”

SNL additionally made some jokes on the expense of former Republican congressman George Santos, who had his seven-year jail sentence commuted by Trump this week.

Jost famous the unbelievable efficiency of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who pitched six shutout innings in Sport 4 of the Nationwide League Championship Collection and hit three house runs, turning into the primary participant in historical past to perform each feats in a single recreation.

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., took to social media Saturday to thank President Trump for commuting his jail sentence, saying the commander in chief’s “kindness” and “generosity” deeply moved him. (Stephen Nadler/ISI Photographs/ISI Photographs through Getty Photographs and Win McNamee/Getty Photographs)

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“It is a feat beforehand achieved solely by George Santos,” Jost stated.

The notorious fabulist had been jailed for aggravated id theft and wire fraud. He was beforehand expelled from Congress in 2023.

In a prolonged put up on X on Saturday, Santos expressed gratitude for each his religion and Trump.

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President Donald Trump, left, greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)

“Yesterday I obtained one thing I believed I’d by no means get once more: an actual second likelihood at life,” Santos wrote to X on Saturday night. “At first, I wish to thank our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for by no means abandoning me. (…) I’d additionally like to specific my deepest gratitude to President Donald J. Trump.”

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