Overview

• Saturday Night Live’s cold open began with a traditional Mother’s Day tribute before being interrupted by James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump character.
• Cecily Strong reprised her role as Jeanine Pirro, lampooning her recent appointment as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., by President Trump.
• The sketch highlighted Trump’s preference for hiring TV personalities, with Pirro joking about joining an administration of 'Russian assets and boozehounds.'
• Colin Jost portrayed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, engaging in wine and whiskey antics with Strong’s Pirro to underscore their characters’ incompetence.
• The episode, hosted by Walton Goggins with musical guest Arcade Fire, is one of the final installments of SNL’s milestone 50th season.