‘Saturday Night Live’ targets Trump over ‘s—hole’ comments

“Saturday Night Live” targeted President Trump for reportedly calling Haiti and African nations “shithole countries.”

“Can I be honest?” “Weekend Update” anchor Michael Che asked during the latest show. “When someone asked me, ‘Did you hear what Donald Trump called Haiti and Africa?’ I was like, ‘Oh boy, did it start with an N?’ “

“But then I heard what he said, and I was like, ‘Is that it?’ I’ve said that about countries for not having a CVS,” he added.

{mosads}“Here’s the thing — my job is to make jokes about the news. But Trump saying something racist isn’t exactly news anymore. It’d be news if Trump said, ‘You know what we need more of in this country? Haitians,’ ” Che said.

“And by the way, he’s not the only one here who thinks like that. I’ve lived in this country my entire life and I’ve been asked to go back to Africa several times. And it’s never been because they thought I’d enjoy it there,” he added.

“But Donald, you do realize how rich these places are in resources, right? I mean, they’re in bad shape because they’ve been robbed and exploited for centuries by Western powers.

“So the president of the United States calling Africa a shithole is like telling the kid you molested ‘Boy, did you grow up to be weird.’ ”

Trump’s reported comments during a meeting last week with lawmakers in the White House about immigrants from “shithole countries” sparked widespread condemnation.

You can watch the entire “Weekend Update” segment in the video player above.

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