Of course, he will also take jabs at Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. But the most damaging thing about Trump’s SNL appearance won’t be the jokes. The mere fact that he’s on SNL is more damaging to the GOP than any particular thing he might say. Remember, this is NBC we’re talking about, the very network that the Republican National Committee has “gone to war” with in the wake of the CNBC debate fiasco.

And in response to the RNC’s attempt to control the situation, many of the candidates, including Trump, met without the RNC to discuss ways to have more control over future debates. At that point, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus had to conduct an emergency media blitz to ensure the public that the RNC was still in charge: “The truth is, we’re involved, we’re in control. We’re setting the calendar.”

These are assurances that Priebus never planned on having to make.

But the party’s newly tense relationship with NBC means nothing to Trump (in any event, his SNL appearance was arranged before the debate), and the RNC’s kerfuffle with NBC News means nothing to SNL. Trump does not even care that NBC cut ties with him months ago following his disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants.