While aboard Air Force One, Trump (James Austin Johnson) eagerly took questions from reporters alongside White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (Ashley Padilla). He had just taken Ambien and Adderall, Trump revealed, "and we're going to see which one wins."

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

The show took aim at the Venezuelan boat strikes, the POTUS backing the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Trump falling asleep during press conferences.

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.

In the spirit of the holidays, the cold open began with the narrator saying, "On a cold December night, high above the Earth flies a big, jolly man of considerable girth, making his way to every home under the sun in his magical

Saturday Night Live” opened this week’s episode with Donald Trump commenting on the battle to buy Warner Bros. Discovery - by asking why anyone would even want to buy the studio: “They’ve got one of the worst studio lot tours in LA,