Fact check: RPN Saturday Night Live - TRUST THE PLAN

1. What the Claim Appears to Assert — A Catchphrase, a Program, or a Meme?

The original phrase reads like a label or tagline combining an acronym ("RPN"), the show "Saturday Night Live," and the slogan "TRUST THE PLAN." The supplied materials reveal three discrete topics that intersect with parts of that phrase but never converge into one verified claim. One source documents the use of "Trust the Plan" in extremist and conspiratorial contexts and catalogs how that language appears alongside antisemitic and hate-based symbolism ^[1]. Other sources show SNL engaging in political satire — notably Kenan Thompson criticizing Project 2025 — and a 2025 Halloween sketch about oppressive or "unbreakable plans" ^{[2] [4] [3] [5]}. The components exist in isolation; the assembled phrase does not appear in the referenced material.

2. Extremist Slogan History — Where "Trust the Plan" Shows Up

One provided document from the Center on Extremism traces "Trust the Plan" as part of extremist lexicon and conspiracy movements, and frames it alongside related ideologies and incidents; that source emphasizes how such slogans become mobilizing shorthand for coordinated belief systems ^[1]. This demonstrates a real-world provenance for the phrase "Trust the Plan" outside entertainment contexts, which can explain why the expression circulates widely and may be erroneously appended to other entities. The 2022 date on that analysis indicates the phrase had recognized extremist associations at least as early as October 2022, which is relevant when assessing any later reuses or repurposings of the slogan ^[1].

3. SNL’s Political Satire — Frequent Targets and Similar Language

Several pieces document SNL’s engagement with current political debates, including Kenan Thompson’s sketches and speeches that directly criticize Republican policy proposals like Project 2025; reporting from August 2024 captures Thompson mocking Project 2025 and warning about its consequences ^{[2] [4]}. Another 2025 write-up describes an SNL Halloween sketch called "Plans" that dramatizes the horror of immutable plans ^{[3] [5]}. These items show SNL uses language about "plans" in satirical contexts, but they do not substantiate any retailing of the phrase "RPN Saturday Night Live - TRUST THE PLAN" as an official segment or slogan.

4. Possibilities Behind the Mismatch — Conflation, Meme Evolution, or Misattribution

Given the evidence, the most plausible explanations are conflation and memetic drift: someone may have combined the extremist slogan "Trust the Plan" (documented in 2022) with SNL’s frequent satire about political "plans" (documented in 2024–2025) and invented an attribution to "RPN Saturday Night Live." Another possibility is a misreading of acronyms: a supplied source explains that acronyms like RSN (or similar) can stand for many phrases in different contexts ^[6], which can lead to misattribution when someone unfamiliar with the original sources assembles a phrase. No supplied source ties "RPN" to SNL or demonstrates an SNL-branded campaign using "TRUST THE PLAN."

5. What This Means for Verifiability and Potential Agendas

The absence of a direct source tying the exact claim to a verifiable program suggests the phrase is either a mistaken combination or a deliberately misleading attribution. The Center on Extremism material highlights how slogans like "Trust the Plan" can be weaponized by extremist actors ^[1], while SNL’s documented satire of political plans shows a separate, mainstream usage that is comedic and critical rather than conspiratorial ^{[2] [4] [3]}. Consumers encountering the phrase should therefore treat it as unverified: it likely mixes extremist sloganology with mainstream satire without evidence of a real-world SNL product labeled exactly that way.

Sources: See referenced analyses in parentheses throughout: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] [6]}.