Lorne Michaels wrote the constitution of SNL and that is a breathing constitution. And Lorne allows the young writers—he may not agree with everything they’re doing, but he’s not trying to control it. If this is where the culture’s going, if this is the zeitgeist…So I don’t try to be a fuddy-duddy about it. And, just in my own stand-up, I’m finding ways to thread the line for certain audiences. I want them all to listen and maybe move people on the left a little this way and move people on the right a little this way. That’s what’s interesting to me. But this is where it’s at now and I don’t judge it. What are we supposed to do? We threw an orange firecracker onto the world stage and it’s exploding all over. The more shrill Trump gets, the more shrill the comedy gets. It’s like a race. We’re living history live in real time. We’ve never seen anything like it. I don’t know where it’s going, but believe me, there’s smart people at 30 Rock trying to figure all this out—how often to do it, when to do it, how to do it, in what context to do it…

I’ll find myself getting Trump fatigue in my stand-up and then something will change, I’ll find a different rhythm, it’ll get interesting again. But I’m just as interested in doing other presidents around Trump and juxtaposing. But the whole thing is hilarious. “Little Rocket Man?” My god. He is a good comedy writer. I think the asymmetrical angles, I would explore more of those, and still have the Trump, but keep your powder dry.