In a cold open “60 Minutes” segment, the Saturday Night Live cast mocked President Obama’s comments on the Islamic State and the recent security breaches at the White House.
“Steve Kroft,” played by Beck Bennett, asked “Obama,” played by Jay Pharoah, if he really did underestimate the threat posed by ISIL.
After responding that he did, Obama shifted the blame elsewhere.
“Obviously my entire administration shares the blame for that, but first, can I throw one particular person under the bus?” he asked, and then named James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence.
Kroft then asked Obama why the U.S. has the brunt of the work for the coalition to combat ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
“That’s just how we roll. We roll slow and deliberately, almost like we have no idea where we’re rolling to. Then someone pushes us. Suddenly, we’re rolling straight downhill into oncoming traffic,” Obama responded.
A Secret Service agent then enters to tell Obama that there’s “a man with a sharpened screwdriver here to see you.”
“It might be time-sensitive as he was running across the front lawn,” the agent said.
Watch the video courtesy of “Saturday Night Live.”
