‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens With An Overcompensating Pete Hegseth Pumping Up His Plans To Stream A Live Execution

Source: deadline.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Right · Published: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 03:52:25 GMT

Saturday Night Live once again returned Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) to its opener, this time with Donald Trump’s secretary of defense addressing the crew of the beleaguered USS Lincoln. The ship was at sea for 265 days with no port call, and reports of poor conditions and demoralized sailors, but concerns over their plight were […]

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