Saturday Night Live’s cold open this week featured a sketch lampooning President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the potential domestic consequences of a war with Iran.
The sketch centred on a family on a road trip lamenting that petrol had reached $5 a gallon. The mother, played by Ashley Padilla, joked that they would have to leave one of the children behind because of the cost.
James Austin Johnson’s impression of Trump then appeared, saying: “You might remember me from such campaign promises as lower gas prices and no more wars. We love to make promises because a promise is just a lie that hasn’t happened yet.” He added: “Now gas costs like a million billion dollars a gallon.”
When asked why prices were so high, the fake Trump replied: “The Epstein Files! Kidding, but possibly not.” Later, Colin Jost’s Hegseth emerged from the family car’s back seat. Parodying the Defence Secretary’s complaints about media coverage of the Iran war, Jost said: “You babies in the media are completely unpatriotic. They’re using what I do and say to make me look like a fool in there.” Johnson’s Trump responded: “Been there! I’ve been there before.”
Harry Styles hosted the episode and also served as musical guest.
