Sketch Show Mocks Trump Officials on Social Media
Canadian sketch series This Hour Has 22 Minutes is posting satirical clips targeting Trump administration figures online.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Pop Culture
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This Hour Has 22 Minutes released sketches on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube mocking figures in the Trump administration, including a clip about press secretary Katie Zacharia's firing hours after it occurred. The sketches attracted nearly 24 million views.
Why it matters
The show's renewed reach reflects how Trump's trade war, tariffs and insults toward Canada have revived interest in its political satire. For Canadian viewers, it signals a shift in how a long-running broadcaster reaches audiences beyond television.
The sketches were distributed directly to TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube accounts, drawing nearly 24 million views. Exact per-platform figures and the timeframe for those views were not reported.
The players
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
A long-running Canadian sketch comedy series that has aired for 34 years, known for satirizing Canadian and American politics.
Stacey McGunnigle
A Canadian comedian and writer who has created and portrayed several MAGA women characters on the show.
Katie Zacharia
A former White House press secretary who was fired five days into the role and became the subject of a satirical sketch.
The details
The show posted a sketch about Zacharia's firing online hours after it happened and later released one imagining Nicki Minaj as her successor, roughly one week before Minaj travelled on Air Force One to rally for Trump in Michigan. Stacey McGunnigle, who has portrayed several MAGA women on the show, including Karoline Leavitt and Natalie Harp, created the characters.
Timeline
Zacharia was fired five days into her job as White House press secretary.
The show posted its firing sketch within hours of the event.
The Minaj sketch followed about 48 hours later.
Minaj's Michigan rally took place roughly one week after that sketch was posted.
Culture Shift
The show's revival tracks the Trump administration's trade war and tariff threats against Canada, which have turned Canadian political satire into a source of renewed national attention. Its move to short-form social clips marks a departure from its traditional weekly broadcast model.
Viewers can find the sketches on the show's TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube accounts without waiting for the weekly broadcast. Television audiences for the show are reported as rising.
The takeaway
Short political satire can reach large audiences quickly when it is released directly on the platforms where people already spend time. Watching how a show adapts its format can reveal how long-running media stays relevant.
Further reading
Explore more on Pop Culture to see how comedy shapes political conversation.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The New York Times.
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