The president and first girl handed out sweet to youngsters on the White Home on Thursday, October 30, reviving Trump’s viral 2019 prank the place he positioned a chocolate bar on a trick-or-treater’s head. However Jost’s feedback concerning the occasion sparked controversy.
“My favourite half, although, was when Trump and Melania made a grand entrance to this track, Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,'” Jost stated throughout Weekend Replace. “Simply the right soundtrack to lure children to a well-known mansion,” he added, referencing Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, the place the pop star confronted long-standing accusations of kid sexual abuse.
Jackson, who died in 2009, at all times maintained his innocence and was acquitted of all prices in 2005.
Jost continued to mock Trump’s interactions with youngsters on the occasion. “President Trump and the primary girl hosted a trick-or-treat occasion at what’s left of the White Home,” he joked, echoing earlier SNL skits about Trump’s supposed transforming tasks. “That is one in every of my favourite issues that the president does as a result of it’s so clear that he by no means trick-or-treated as soon as in his life.”