Vox recaps:
So it’s safe to say Trump won’t be happy with Saturday Night Live’s cold open. The show opened with a message from Beck Bennett’s Vladimir Putin speaking to the American public about how he rigged the election, quipping that America was the “most expensive thing we’ve ever bought.”
But the sketch quickly shifted into Putin trolling Trump, by telling the president he wasn’t off to a great start. “I’m glad to see so many people showed up to your inauguration,” Putin says, looking at a shot of the massive crowd. “Oh wait, that’s the Women’s March.” Putin then segued into Trump’s lies about how many people showed up, and offered the new president some advice.