NBC’s Saturday Night Live came back from its hiatus following the 2026 Winter Olympics with a cold open that immediately zeroed in on breaking news, lampooning Donald Trump after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Saturday Night Live opened with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), who touted himself as peacemaker, now addressing the country exulting in war with Iran. With the U.S. and Israel launching strikes on the Iranian regime early on Saturday, killing the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the show scrambled plans for the cold open.

Saturday Night Live took aim at Donald Trump in the Cold Open and the Weekend Update segments, pointing out that he had previously spoken against attacking Iran

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Suddenly, the original sketch they prepared for the show’s cold opening, which involved President Trump delivering the State Of The Union, didn’t make sense anymore. It obviously didn’t mention bombing Iran at all since that hadn’t happened when it was written.