Political Animals

In a 2017 Saturday Night Live sketch, host Scarlett Johansson plays a researcher who has developed a new device that can scan a household pet’s brain and tell its owner what the animal is thinking. She demonstrates it on her own pug, Max. To the astonishment of everyone, Max begins talking about how he likes playing ball and going to the park.

Oh, and he likes Donald Trump. “He’s my man,” he says to the room of horrified scientists. Max then explains that he doesn’t want to see Americans’ tax dollars “going to health care for illegals.” Of his chihuahua friend, he says: “Poquito was born here, he has nothing to worry about.”