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Saturday Night Live mocked President Donald Trump’s cupboard assembly this week during which he allegedly informed secretaries they have been in control of their departments — not Elon Musk.

The present’s March 8 episode hosted by Lady Gaga opened with Trump, performed by James Austin Johnson, standing within the Oval Office alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Marcello Hernandez) as Trump makes an attempt to dealer a truce between the 2 males.

Rubio has reportedly been livid with the world’s wealthiest man for successfully dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development by way of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which has led government-wide purges of workers and threatened billions of {dollars} in federal funds.

“Marco, thank you so much for coming. I know you’re under a lot of stress, but I can’t have you fighting with Elon,” Johnson’s Trump stated.

“I need you to be my good little Marco,” he added, saying Marco’s title must change to “Mark Ruby” after the president made English the nation’s official language.

“If you think I’m going to stand here and let you call me that, you’re right” Hernandez replied.

“But what I don’t accept is Elon having total access to our government,” he stated. “Planes are crashing, and he keeps trying to fire air traffic controllers.”

Johnson’s character moved to defend Musk.

“Elon knows a lot about air travel — he runs SpaceX, which is doing incredible things in terms of explosions and with regard to rocket debris,” the Trump character continued, referring to SpaceX’s failed launch Thursday, which resulted in a 400-foot spacecraft experiencing a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.”

The rocket exploded and particles could possibly be seen flying over the Caribbean.

“Elon has been doing a good job with DOGE and he gave me some great stuff to talk about at State of the Union,” Johnson’s character stated.

During Trump’s deal with to Congress this week, he stated he would “blame” Rubio if “anything goes wrong” with U.S. overseas coverage.

Johnson’s character referred to as Rubio the “the G.O.A.T.”

“You’re the scapegoat, but it’s still a type of goat,” he stated.

Later, he referred to as on “Elon” — performed by Mike Myers, who debuted his Musk impression in final week’s episode — to hitch them within the workplace.

Myers’s character wore a go well with, as Musk did in actual life in the course of the encounter. Trump allies and right-wing media figures ridiculed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for not carrying a go well with throughout his Oval Office assembly with Trump, although Musk has not often been seen round Trump in formal enterprise apparel.

“Elon, I want to thank you for at least wearing a suit this time,” Johnson stated. “Doesn’t look great, right?”

Speaking to each males, Johnson’s character tried to resolve the battle.

“I can’t have you two at each other’s throats. OK, after all, I have a perfect record. Everyone who’s ever worked for me has left on good terms and then gone on to write a book called The Man Who Ruined Everything,” he stated.

“Marco, get your budget under control,” Johnson stated. “Elon, stay in your lane. You’re not the boss.”

“But I paid you $300 million,” stated Myers’s Musk, referencing the big sum Musk gave to Trump’s marketing campaign and his MAGA allies.

“And that’s why you’re the boss,” Johnson concluded. “We’ll get out of your office.”