[WATCH] “SNL’ Cold Open Finds Panda Upstaging Joe Biden

There is a lot of in progress in the world right awaySo it can be easy to overlook one of the more important “minor” stories: The United States just lost three of its seven pandas after China requested their return. Who doesn’t love pandas? This may seem like a sign that all is not well between President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jingping, but don’t lose hope: Xi stressed that he is ready to send more pandas our way, Mark of friendship “. It’s this beautiful story that kicked off the most recent SNL.

In the latest episode of Cold Open, Mikey Day’s Biden attempted to distract the media from some bad news — and, lest we forget, a lot of good news about a bustling economy that no one wants to talk about — by making stand out Tian Tian, ​​the 26th 12-year-old male Panda recently returned home to China. In the skit, Day’s Biden talks about his recent meeting with Xi.

“This meeting was a total victory,” he said. “Of course we made deals on communications, fentanyl and climate change. But more importantly, we have what America needs right now: more pandas! »

Eventually, Yang’s Tian Tian emerged, wondering why he was hogging the attention.

“Am I the only one who is surprised that the presidents of the two largest economies in the world met and everyone is wondering, ‘What is going on with the pandas?’ ” “, did he declare. “I mean, I get it: I’m sexy, I’m smart, I’m incredibly asexual,” Tian Tian continued. “But there must be bigger problems, right?”

Biden replied: “Not tonight. »

At one point, Tian Tian spoke out about a possible return of Donald Trump to the White House, which he called a “disaster.”

“He said he would round up the immigrants and put them in camps. Democracy could end,” he said. “There could be a civil war!”

When asked if he would vote for Biden then, Tian Tian hesitated.

You can watch the sketch in the video above.