Viewers were seeing double of Saturday Night Live host Miles Teller when he portrayed twins Jonathan and Drew Scott — the stars of the hit HGTV show Property Brothers — during a skit of them helping President Donald Trump build his new White House ballroom.
“This week we’re taking on our biggest challenge yet: building the new White House ballroom,” Teller’s Drew says before James Austin Johnson’s Trump joins them to ask, “So which one of you is married to New Girl and which one of you is the gay?
Jonathan clarifies that he’s married to Zooey Deschanel, who starred in the hit TV show, New Girl.
He then provides background on their new construction project. “Donald and Melania [Trump] moved into this house nine years ago. They were evicted for four years, but they moved back in,” Jonathan says as Teller’s Drew adds, “Donald has a strong eye for interior design.”
The camera then cuts to Trump placing gold urns everywhere. “That makes me happy. It’s very important to be happy these days. Really dark stuff happening in the world. Some of it me,” Trump says.
Even after replacing paintings in the historic building and paving over the grass in the Rose Garden with stone, Drew says, “Donald and Melania still feel like something’s missing.”
“The house is only 55,000 square feet and 132 rooms,” Chloe Fineman’s Melania says before Trump chimes in, “We need more space, right, honey? We need more space.” Melania adds, “And we need a ballroom because, Donald, he loves to dance.”
As for the budget for the White House ballroom, Jonathan says Trump told them that it was “between $350 million and infinity.” They also asked the president if he needed a permit for the construction.
“Donald laughed really hard,” Drew says of Trump’s response as Jonathan adds, “He said, ‘I could build this ballroom with the bones of my enemies and no one could stop me.”
In addition to the ballroom, Johnson’s Trump tells the Property Brothers that he also wants a ring for MMA fights on the White House lawn.
“Official ones, but also casual fights in the backyard. You know what I’m talking about? Two mentally ill guys just wailing on each other,” he explains. “We can do bum fights again. Remember bum fights? We love bum fights.”
Once demolition got underway, Jonathan updated that the entire East Wing was torn down in two days.
“With the government still shut down and so many workers furloughed, we were able to force park rangers and astronauts to do a lot of the demolition,” Drew says before Jonathan adds, “Unfortunately, the renovation hit a bit of a snag when Donald realized he had deported all the construction workers.”
“But in the end, we’re confident the new ballroom will be a shining beacon of freedom for all Americans,” Drew says.
Although that’s a bit questionable, as Johnson’s Trump admits the ballroom will “be ready just in time for my third term.” Melania notes that they “want this to be our forever home,” with Trump adding, “Yes, because we’re not leaving. We’re gonna be doing something called coup.”
At the end of the SNL skit, the Property Brothers ask for payment for the construction work. But instead of paying Drew and Jonathan, Trump asks, “Aren’t you guys from Canada?” When the brothers confirm they are, the president then calls Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on them.
Johnson’s Trump says, “There goes ICE. We like a bigot ICE.”
