An Ambien and Adderall cocktail had the already-unfiltered president in top form during this weekend's cold open.

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.

On the "Saturday Night Live" cold open, Donald Trump bombed Santa, slammed Warner Bros. and celebrated Epstein condoms.

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,

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.

Colin Jost ’s Saturday Night Live tenure has mostly been known for his work on Weekend Update and his work behind the scenes as a writer, but thanks to his impression of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,