US Edition‘SNL’ Cold Open Eviscerates Donald Trump Over Attack on Iran
The sketch critiques the timing and rationale of the Iran strike and highlights mixed reactions from MAGA voters, mocking ongoing claims about Iran's nuclear threat.
- On Feb. 28, Saturday Night Live aired a cold open where President Donald Trump, portrayed by James Austin Johnson, announced strikes on Iran in an early-hours Trump administration statement.
- Framing the motive, the sketch argued the administration claimed Iran had been two weeks from a nuclear weapon for years and suggested the attack distracted from the Epstein files.
- Colin Jost reprised Pete Hegseth and was introduced as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said he ran to volunteer for the 'half-baked operation' and admitted he was scared and clueless.
- To MAGA voters, the sketch suggested `This is not what I voted for` but urged them to thank the administration while framing the strike as killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- The cold open leaned into surreal dark comedy with lines `Happy World War III` and `Hello from the year 5000` to highlight escalation risks and the timing after the stock market closes and chaos in the SNL writers' room.
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Famous (and not-so-famous) entertainers are condemning President Donald Trump's strikes on Iran which have seemingly taken out its Islamist supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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