SNL mainstay Colin Jost has slammed the US’s aggression towards Iran by embodying Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a parody sketch. Jost, who has portrayed the former television personality on several occasions in the past, called out the Donald Trump administration’s casual attitude towards the conflict, while also highlighting their reluctance to use the word “war.”
Colin Jost parodies Pete Hegseth in SNL segment
In a recent sketch, the Weekend Update co-host took on the mantle of the Secretary of War to ridicule his contribution to the Iran war.
Dressed as Hegseth, Colin Jost took to the stage by performing a keg stand on the latest SNL episode. “Alright, I finished my Heg-stand,” he noted as he reached the podium.
Emphasizing how serious the situation was, Jost, masquerading as Peter Hegseth, exclaimed, “As you may have seen from our epic Pentagon meme drops, we’re treating Iran as the breathalyzer in my car and blowing it the hell up. The good news is our operation couldn’t be going better, and everyone loves it.”
The veteran comedian then broke into a parodied version of Papa Roach’s iconic hit, “Last Resort.” He sang, “Cut Iran into pieces! Make it a Trump resort!” Jost continued his impersonation of the infamous federal official. He also threw in some more quips before turning his attention towards “reporters.”
As the first mock journalist tried to question Colin Jost’s Peter Hegseth persona about the country’s stance on the Iran war, he also interrupted the former by saying, “Whoa, wait, wait. War? Okay. Whoever called this a war? Except maybe the President a couple times accidentally, okay? This isn’t a war. Also, why do we have to put labels on everything, okay? What are you, my high-school girlfriend? Which I had.”
Jost further added, “This isn’t a war, okay? It’s a situationship. Right? We’re just gonna hook up, we’re gonna see where it goes, okay? If it feels good, we’ll keep going. And if we get bored, we’ll start hooking up with Cuba,” in reference to the Republicans having actively avoided terming the Iranian conflict as a “war” of late.
The SNL veteran continued, “You’re all playing chess — I’m playing Grand Theft Auto.” This referred to the government using footage from the game in recent Iran-related videos.
Additionally, Colin Jost mocked the Donald Trump administration’s strategy for the row in the Middle East, claiming that the government didn’t know what it was doing.
Originally reported by Apoorv Rastogi on Mandatory.
