A closer look at “SNL Cold Open: Pete Hegseth Welcomes USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Home, Mocks Christa Pike ”, exactly as the source publishes it. Saturday Night Live’s latest cold open saw Colin Jost return as a rowdy Pete Hegseth, welcoming home sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln after nearly a year at sea. 10, opened with the crew being told they’d have to sit through a briefing before seeing their families—setting up a series of jokes about current events. Hegseth, played with exaggerated bravado, riffed on the botched execution of Christa Pike and took aim at Robert F.
Kennedy Jr., blending military homecoming with political satire. The bit highlighted the show’s ongoing focus on Trump administration figures and controversial news stories, using the naval return as a comedic backdrop. It’s a reminder of how SNL continues to mine real-world headlines for humor, especially around military and political figures. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.