At the Season 52 premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” Colin Jost and Michael Che’s “Weekend Update” mocked Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping, Pete Hegseth’s Texas A&M remarks, Trump TV and Mitch McConnell’s return to Congress after a three-month hiatus following a health scare.
Jost joked that Trump drove to the airport to meet Xi “like a boyfriend with no job,” then showed footage of Trump wincing during a military flyover as Xi remained stone-faced. Jost also mocked Hegseth’s commencement address, which included a derogatory term for transgender people, and asked why Hegseth was thinking about them.
Che compared the Trump TV livestream with Paramount+; titles including “Tulsa King,” “Dutton Ranch,” “1883” and “Yellowstone” appeared on screen. He also joked about a video of 84-year-old McConnell giving reporters a peace sign as he returned to his Washington home, saying it showed what McConnell refused to “rest in.”
