Jeffrey Epstein ‘Ghost' Shows Donald Trump the ‘Future' on ‘SNL'

Saturday Night Live took aim at President Donald Trump and his cabinet members in a cold open featuring Will Ferrell as the ghost of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In the skit, a chain-clad Epstein, wearing a gray prison uniform, wakes his "homey" Trump-played by James Austin Johnson-from a nap in the Oval Office and tells the president he can show him visions of the future, to which Trump responds, "Wow, I'm surprised there is one."

Ferrell was the celebrity host of the episode, the Season 51 finale.

The first invented flash-forward shows former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem selling Shark Wand vacuum cleaners on a teleshopping channel.

Noem, played by SNL cast member Ashley Padilla, then jokes the vacuum cleaner is “the best way to clean up that mess your dog made, besides a gun.”

“And it can even handle balloon scraps left over from when your husband’s giant balloon breasts pop,” she adds.

The future predictions then cut to a clip showing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, played by fellow cast member Colin Jost.

Jost’s Hegseth pours beer into what is described as a “giant beer bong,” while FBI Director Kash Patel-portrayed by comedian Aziz Ansari-drinks from a tube supposedly connected to the vat of alcohol.

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This story was originally published May 17, 2026 at 1:37 AM.