Miles Teller pulled double duty (in a way) by playing twin brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott in a pre-recorded film. Saturday evening live sketch spoofing the Canadian reality TV series Property Brothers. This time, the two real estate developers take on their “biggest challenge yet”: the gargantuan task of having President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) as a client and being tasked with building the White House Ballroom.
But as the siblings try to meet Trump’s increasingly difficult and outlandish demands, they must also confront the simmering tension and resentment they feel toward each other.
The two men begin by touring the premises, wryly noting that Trump has a “great sense of interior design,” which the Republican Party leader attributes to his affinity for left-wing golden ballot boxes, which he places “everywhere, like a hundred in every room.”
While complimenting Melania Trump’s (Chloe Fineman) Halloween decorations consisting of dead trees, skeletons and other spooky objects, the First Lady sardonically responds, “It’s for Christmas.”
Other changes include Trump replacing a portrait of former POTUS FDR with a painting of himself as a Halo soldier. Meanwhile, upcoming renovation demands include transforming the grounds of the Rose Garden into what looks like “an outdoor seating for an olive garden,” complete with a budget “between $350 million and infinity.”
As both brothers recall with an awkward laugh, when he asked Trump if he needed a permit, he apparently laughed and told them, “I could build this ballroom with the bones of my enemies, and no one could stop me.” »
For inspiration, Trump cites a mood board that includes, among other images, photos of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Star Warsthe powerful gangster of Jabba the Hutt.
Other renovation projects include installing an MMA ring for “two mentally ill people who are whining about each other…we love bum fights,” Trump says.
After Trump responds to a text with a gif of the White House exploding, the brothers can begin the demolition of the East Wing. However, due to the government shutdown, the duo had to “force the Park Rangers and astronauts” to carry out the operation. After encountering a problem because all the construction workers had been evicted, Johnson’s Trump reflected: “I pulled over in the Home Depot parking lot and yelled, ‘Just give me the white people!’ I want the day laborers from Norway and Sweden, but apparently they don’t exist.”
“We want this to be our forever home,” Melania says after Trump says he’s preparing for a third term. He then adds: “Yes, because we are not leaving. We are going to do something called a ‘coup d’état!'”.
At the end of the sketch, the brothers demand payment, at which point Trump responds by calling ICE, given that the brotherly duo are from Canada.
