Overview
- Saturday Night Live opened with James Austin Johnson’s Trump and Colin Jost’s Pete Hegseth addressing the administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.
- The sketch referenced reports of a follow-up “double-tap” strike after survivors were seen, with prior reporting stating the strikes have killed at least 84 people.
- Johnson’s Trump was shown dozing during a press setting, nodding to recent footage of him appearing to close his eyes in a Cabinet meeting.
- Jost’s Hegseth lampooned the real defense chief’s “fog of war” explanation and his statements that he did not personally oversee the second strike.
- The segment highlighted continuing scrutiny as lawmakers who viewed video called it deeply troubling, Republicans defended the strike’s legality, and Hegseth said “We’ll see” when asked about releasing the footage.