Then, in a joke about the lawsuit concerning the betting platform Kalshi not paying out millions over the bet that Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would "leave office" before March 1, Jost said he technically didn't "leave the office," to shocked reactions from the audience.

Saturday Night Live ’s “ Weekend Update ” celebrated Kristi Noem ‘s firing as Homeland Security secretary. Co-anchor Colin Jost listed several of the controversies that drew negative attention to the department and the Trump administration.

SNL ‘s February 28 cold open satirized President Donald Trump following the U.S. and Israel’s attack on Iran. The sketch, featuring James Austin Johnson as Trump, mocked the rationale for the attack and lampooned Trump’s tendency to distract from controversies with dramatic actions.

To close out Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, Colin Jost introduced the night's final guest: Punch the monkey 's mom. Not literally, of course. It was Sarah Sherman, in a bikini-fitted monkey costume, who portrayed the absentee mama as a trailer-trash harlot.

Colin Jost reminds the world that Trump once said Barack Obama would start a war against the country due to a failure to negotiate

Connor Storrie hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend with sketches that had him dancing, stripping, and use accents. These are a few that were hits and misses.