After Kate McKinnon, who usually plays Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night Live, sang Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah” for the cold open for the show, Dave Chappelle took the stage to weigh in on the recent presidential election.

In his first-ever monologue as host for the show, Chappelle touched on many issues in the news -- and injected his witty thoughts on the matter.

“You know, I didn’t know Donald Trump was gonna win the election,” Chappelle began. “I did suspect it. Seemed like Hillary was doing well in the polls and yet … I know the whites. You guys aren’t as full of surprises as you used to be. But America’s done it, we’ve actually elected an Internet troll as our president."

“The whites are furious," Chappelle continued. "I haven’t seen white people this mad since the O.J. verdict. It’s a split screen with white people on both sides — ahh! I’m not saying that I enjoy it, I’m just saying that I’ve never seen this before. I watched a white riot in Portland, Oregon, on the television on the other night. News said they did $1 million in damages the other night, black people watching were like, ‘Amateurs.’ ”

“Why do we have to say that black lives matter,” he asked. “Why do we have to say it? Now, I’ll admit that’s not the best slogan but McDonald’s already took ‘You deserve a break today.’ And I guess it’s kind of catchy because everyone is biting it. Police are biting it — ‘blue lives matter’ — what were you born a police, that is not a blue life. That’s a blue suit, you don’t like it, take the blue suit off and find a new job. I’d tell you right now, if I could quit being black today, I’d be out the game. I did the next best thing, I became a rich black person.

“I don’t know what he’s gonna do, but I know Obama did a good job,” he concluded. “I think we’ll all miss him when he’s gone … I’m wishing Donald Trump luck and I’m going to give him a a chance and we, the historically disenfranchised demand that he gives us one too.”