--- description: Saturday Night Live introduced Breaking Bad's Walter White as the president-elect's pick to head the Drug Enforcement Administration title: Donald Trump Picks Walter White to Head DEA on 'Saturday Night Live' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump Picks Walter White to Head DEA on _Saturday Night Live_ by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 11, 2016 2:44 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 11, 2016 2:44 PM CUT _Saturday Night Live_ mocked [Donald Trump’s controversial Cabinet](http://time.com/4594238/donald-trump-scott-pruitt-epa/ "undefined") choices by introducing _Breaking Bad_’s Walter White as the President-elect’s pick to head the Drug Enforcement Administration. According to the cold-open sketch, the [teacher-turned-drug dealer](http://time.com/4292409/breaking-bad-easter-egg-vince-gilligan-missed/ "undefined") has been hiding out in the comments section of Breitbart News since [_Breaking Bad_](http://time.com/4529822/bryan-cranston-murder-joke-suspect/ "undefined")_’_s series finale, where Stephen Bannon found White and offered him the job in Trump’s Administration. “I’m kinda surprised he tracked me down because I’ve been off the grid for a while,” White told Jake Tapper, played by _SNL_ _’_s Beck Bennett. White said he hadn’t met Trump yet, but that he likes his style. “I also like that wall he wants to build,” he said. “Nothing comes in from Mexico, meaning a lot less competition for the rest of us.” White added that he and Trump agree on the importance of small business. “Donald Trump and I agree. It’s time to make America cook again. We want to fill this nation with red, white and a whole lot of blue.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4597357/donald-trump-walter-white-saturday-night-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4597357/donald-trump-walter-white-saturday-night-live/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Picks Walter White to Head DEA on Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2016-12-11T14:44:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:14:49.396Z","description":"\"It's time to make America cook again\"","url":"https://time.com/4597357/donald-trump-walter-white-saturday-night-live/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4597357/donald-trump-walter-white-saturday-night-live/","name":"Donald Trump Picks Walter White to Head DEA on Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```