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Dave Chappelle Wishes Trump The Best In SNL Monologue

Dave Chappelle returned to the Saturday Night Live stage clad in a sharp suit, smoking a cigarette, and armed with an array of searing jokes touching on the presidential election, the Los Angeles wildfires, Sean Diddy Combs, and President-elect Donald Trump, whom the veteran comedian wished for success in his second term.

“The presidency is no place for petty people. So, Donald Trump, I know you watch the show. Remember, whether people voted for you or not, they’re all counting on you,” Chappelle said, after jokingly saying he knows Mr. Trump watches the show. “Whether they like you or not, they’re all counting on you. The whole world is counting on you.”

“I mean this when I say this: Good luck. Please, do better next time. Please, all of us, do better next time,” Chappelle continued. “Do not forget your humanity. And please, have empathy for displaced people, whether they’re in the Palisades or Palestine.”

Those were the last lines of his nearly 20-minute monologue.

Chappelle started his act by explaining how he initially told SNL creator Lorne Michaels he didn’t want to host the first episode after the election, as he did in 2016 and in 2020. After repeatedly telling Michaels no, Chappelle said he had an epiphany: “You know what? I could just get rid of all these old Trump jokes. I’ll do it!” he said, adding “The moment I said yes, L.A. burst into flames!”

Chappelle, who lives in Ohio, one town over from Springfield (more on that later), noted how the deadly L.A. fires broke his heart. He also realized how the negative comments online lambasting the many celebrities who lost their homes reminded him why he hates poor people: “Because they can’t see past their own pain.”

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