SNL mocks Trump on Venezuela: 'We're doing pirate'
‘SNL’ Trump on Venezuela: “We’re doing pirate now!”
SNL mocks Trump on Venezuela: 'We're doing pirate' Saturday Night Live once again turned geopolitics into gleeful absurdity this weekend, zeroing in on former President Donald Trump ’s long history of off-the-cuff foreign policy musings—this time with Venezuela as the punchline. In a sketch that blended political satire with full-on cartoon logic, SNL ’s Trump declared a sudden shift in strategy with the immortal line: “We’re doing pirate now!” The moment landed as a perfect encapsulation of what SNL does best: distill complex, often troubling real-world rhetoric into a single phrase so ridiculous it feels almost plausible. Almost. From foreign policy to high seas farce The sketch opened in familiar territory: a mock Oval Office , aides nervously hovering as Trump (portrayed with the show’s now-standard mix of bravado and bluster) addressed the situation in Venezuela. What began as a parody of tough-talking diplomacy quickly veered off course. Sanctions , oil , and “tremendous pressure” were mentioned in passing, only to be discarded in favor o…