James Talarico Crashes ‘SNL’ Cold Open: ‘I’m the Guy Who’s Been Texting You Every Day Asking for $5’

Newly elected Texas Sen. James Talarico crashed this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open — in order to ask the question on everyone’s mind: How many more of these “Donald-Trump-freezes-the-action-to-ramble” cold opens is “SNL” going to do?

Responded “Donald Trump” (James Austin Johnson): “Infinity!”

Talarico popped up near the end of the cold open to cheers from the “SNL” audience. “I’m the guy who’s been texting you every day asking for $5,” he said in introducting himself. (“In this economy, who can blame you?” said Trump.) “But I think, Mr. President, if we can work together, we can make life better for everyday Americans. It’s clear people want something new. They want something different. I’m talking, of course, about SNL’s cold opens. How many of these Trump freezers are they going to do?”

“Saturday Night Live” opened its first episode post-midterm election with Sarah Sherman as Chuck Schumer and Kenan Thompson as Hakeem Jeffries celebrating this week’s “blue tsunami” — until Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) freezed the frame and gave his take on the election.

“The Democrats never would have won without this horrible economy and terrible war,” he said. “So, in the words of Moana’s big fat friend, ‘You’re welcome.'”

Saturday’s episode came with a bit of history: Comedian Druski was host, making him the first online content creator to host the sketch show.

Druski, whose real name is Drew Desbordes, was set to be joined by musical guest The Strokes.

This season’s guest hosts have so far included New York Knicks superstar player Jalen Brunson (Sept. 26), “Verity” actress Dakota Johnson (Oct. 3), comedian Shane Gillis (Oct. 10) and “Obsession” star Inde Navarrette (Oct. 31), while the music guests have included Katseye, Turnstile, Rosalía and Gracie Abrams.

The Halloween episode hosted by Navarrette averaged 5.2 million viewers, making it the biggest audience of the season so far.

Next up, comedian John Mulaney is set to host the Nov. 14 episode, while Phoebe Bridgers will be the musical guest.