“Weekend Replace” host Colin Jost took on Donald Trump’s try to alleviate issues a few latest hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that’s left three passengers useless and a number of other others sick.
Officers have been scrambling to trace down and monitor those that disembarked the ship and should have been contaminated previous to the detection of hantavirus. (Word: Transmission between people is uncommon, and the World Well being Group’s web site assesses the danger to the worldwide inhabitants as low.)
“[That] sounds scary, however let the president calm your fears,” stated Jost, teeing up a clip of Trump from Thursday.
Trump, when requested by a reporter if he’d been briefed on the virus, stated, “You’re going to be advised every part, and you have already got” in regards to the latest outbreak.
“It’s very a lot, we hope, underneath management,” he stated.
Jost reacted to the clip, “Oh, my God, that’s — that’s such nice information. However why does that sound acquainted?”
The host of the “SNL” information phase then made approach for a clip of Trump telling CNBC’s Joe Kernen in January 2020 that the U.S. had the coronavirus “completely underneath management.”
“It’s one individual coming in from China. We’ve it underneath management. It’s going to be simply fantastic,” stated Trump on the time.
“And it was,” Jost quipped.
“So —,” added the comic earlier than flashing two thumbs up with a smile.
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