President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were riotously roasted in Saturday Night Live’s cold open, which excoriated them for their roles in the overnight attack on Iran by U. S.

NBC’s Saturday Night Live came back from its hiatus following the 2026 Winter Olympics with a cold open that immediately zeroed in on breaking news, lampooning Donald Trump after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Saturday Night Live opened with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), who touted himself as peacemaker, now addressing the country exulting in war with Iran. With the U.S. and Israel launching strikes on the Iranian regime early on Saturday,

Saturday Night Live took aim at Donald Trump in the Cold Open and the Weekend Update segments, pointing out that he had previously spoken against attacking Iran

"SNL" kicked off its latest episode with a timely cold open addressing the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Saturday Night Live parodies President Trump's late-night announcement of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran this weekend. President Trump is played by James Austin Johnson and War Secretary Pete Hegseth by Colin Jost.