Overview
- Saturday Night Live opened its Dec. 6 episode with Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth fielding war‑crime questions about U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats, dubbing the operation 'Kill Everybody.'
- James Austin Johnson’s Trump repeatedly fell asleep, dreamed about New York mayor‑elect Zohran Mamdani, and offered conditional support for Hegseth before joking he could be thrown 'under one of Mamdani’s free buses.'
- The press‑conference parody referenced reports of a second 'double‑tap' strike after survivors were visible and lampooned Hegseth’s public invocation of the 'fog of war.'
- The segment folded in topical asides, opening with a faux C‑SPAN bumper pitching itself to Netflix after coverage of the streamer’s proposed Warner Bros./HBO deal.
- Melissa McCarthy hosted the episode as the real‑world controversy persists, with lawmakers having viewed strike footage, casualty reports citing at least 84 dead, and Hegseth declining to commit to releasing more video.