Last week was a momentous one for President Trump, from his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen thrashing him under oath before Congress to his fruitless summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, and Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" recapped the highlights. Then, on Saturday, "Trump spoke at the CPAC conference for — I'm not exaggerating — two hours and 20 minutes straight," co-anchor Colin Jost said. "And it started with Trump coming out and hugging the American flag like Lenny from Of Mice and Men." He showed the clip. "What the hell was that?" he asked. "And then after that patriotic #MeToo moment, it somehow got crazier from there." Jost gave viewers "a taste" of Trump's wild, meandering speech. "If you're curious, Trump's handling the Cohen testimony really well," he joked.
In a skit that was cut for time, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Cecily Strong) tried to do some damage control over a video last week in which she disagreed with schoolchildren over the viability of the Green New Deal. This didn't go well, either. Watch below. Peter Weber
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