Special guest Lin-Manuel Miranda stood frozen behind Saturday Night Live James Austin Johnson as he delivered his first impersonation of President Donald Trump since his inauguration on Monday.

Saturday Night Live set the stage for the second Donald Trump era during the show’s first episode since the president’s return to the White House.

The show pulled a bit of a bait-and-switch as they began its cold open with a scene of America’s Founding Fathers which featured a cameo by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The musical maven was on the brink of breaking out into song, as piano began to play, and he proclaimed, “In America we will never have a king.”

It was then that the show’s go-to Trump impersonator, James Austin Johnson, glided onstage to give everyone the rudest of wake up calls.

“Never say never,” declared a smug-looking Johnson.

While the pretend politician claimed he was “kidding, of course,” SNL Trump then gave the crowd a quick recap of his Monday inauguration.

“I’m my king era. But just like the Founding Fathers I am creating a new country as well. And just like them, we’re doing it very whitely,” Johnson joked.

“DEI is over, it’s dead,” he said, adding, “Workplaces must go back to looking like the TV show ‘The Office.’”

“Mostly white people but with one funny Black guy who’s having a really bad time.”

As Miranda stood glum and motionless in the background, Trump said, “Look at Lin, he got tricked into coming here and now he’s frozen onstage. Oh, he’s furious.”

Johnson’s Trump went on to describe his swearing in as a “tremendous success,” even though it was “inside due to cold and fear.”

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