And in a broadly holiday-themed episode, SNL kicked off in a familiar place: a news conference with a member of the Trump administration. “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost played Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as if he were headlining a metal show,

You simply can’t discuss the holidays on SNL without mentioning Adam Sandler ‘s “The Hanukkah Song.” It’s gone down in history as one of the show’s most iconic moments of all time, and we’ve got to give credit where it’s due. But since the episode aired in 1994, the show has brought us even funnier moments that top this one.

Hegseth was joined by "reporter" Matt Gaetz (Sarah Squirm) and "high-energy Alpha" President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), with the latter nodding off in the corner while dreaming about NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.

SNL opened their show by taking a shot at former Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore's scandal with his staffer.

The sketch comedy show once again opened with a political-themed bit that brought Weekend Update host Colin Jost back as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. In the sketch, Jost’s Hegseth addressed recent news items surrounding the bombing of boats off the coast of Venezuela.