You didn't think we'd get through the Grammys opener without at least one shot at the current president, did you?

The first dig of the night -- surely more will come -- came courtesy of host James Corden.

"Live it on up, because this is the best/And with President Trump, we don't know what comes next," he rapped to huge applause.

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Elsewhere in Corden's opener: A stair-lift fake-out.

We'll admit it-- for a few seconds, we were pretty sure Corden's Grammys hosting gig was off to a rough start.

Ahead of Corden's opening monologue, the platform lifting him up to the stage stopped mid-way, forcing him to climb the rest of the way.

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But then he did this over-the-top stair roll, and our concerns promptly vanished.

You had us for a second though, Corden.