Colin Jost has identified his favourite cold open in the history of Saturday Night Live, selecting a 2008 political sketch featuring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Speaking on the programme’s short-form series The Rundown,

James Austin Johnson reprised his role as the POTUS at a gas station, while Colin Jost returned as Pete Hegseth.

The FCC chairman may be threatening the broadcast networks over their coverage of the Iran war, but Saturday Night Live again went with a cold open that skewered Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth for their lack of planning for the fallout from the Middle East intervention.

Colin Jost and Ashley Padilla skewered Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem in the cold open for 'Saturday Night Live,' hosted by Ryan Gosling.

"Saturday Night Live" addressed high prices at the pump in its cold open, which also took a dig at Timothée Chalamet's ballet and opera controversy.

President Trump (James Austin Johnson) laughed off rising gas prices and blamed the Epstein Files for America's war with Iran in tonight's "Saturday Night Live" cold open. "Hi, it's me, Donald Trump!