Saturday Night Live opens with Donald Trump and cabinet boasting of ICE raids, Venezuela invasion and more chaos to come: "Midterms are canceled"

Saturday Night Live returned with a cold open once again featuring Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), this time boasting ...
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WATCH: SNL Absolutely Savages Trump Cabinet in Blistering Cold Open

President Donald Trump and numerous high-ranking officials were raked over the coals in a punishing Saturday Night Live cold open.

‘SNL’ Cold Open Skewers Donald Trump on Nobel Peace Prize, ICE & Venezuela

James Austin Johnson as the POTUS also looked out a window during a cabinet meeting and read personal notes aloud.

‘SNL’s First Cold Open of 2026 Goes Big: Trump, Maduro, Minneapolis, and “Canceled” Midterms

Saturday Night Live wasted no time diving back into the political deep end.
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SNL Cold Open: Trump Cancels Midterms; Padilla/Noem, Culhane/Vance

The first SNL Cold Open for 2026: Jeremy Culhane's VP JD Vance, Ashley Padilla's Kristi Noem, Trump canceling the 2026 ...

“Don’t kill protestors! That’s our thing!”: “Saturday Night Live” roasts Hegseth, Trump Cabinet

Hegseth, Noem, Rubio and others were mocked by the sketch show ...

'SNL' cold open mocks Trump, Marco Rubio note moment

This week's episode stuck with the theme of a political sketch for the cold open. Once again, James Austin Johnson took on the role of President Donald Trump as he hosted a cabinet meeting to start ...

‘SNL' Cold Open: Top Trump Officials Ignore Reality to Defend ‘Perfect' ICE

"You don't dare kill your protesters. That's our thing!" Pete Hegseth tells Iran's leader ...