Pete Hegseth Addresses USS Lincoln in ‘SNL’ Cold Open

Saturday night Live This week opened with a promotion to Colin Jost. Jost suits up as Pete Hegseth, head of the newly rebranded department protect War, open to the cold.

Hegseth welcomes home the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln after 10 months at seaIt is one of the longest naval deployments since the Vietnam War. His victory march is not going according to plan. The sailors make it clear that, one, they’re not thrilled with that, and second, they have some serious questions about the Pentagon’s new “Nazi Eagle” logo.

“It’s an American eagle, with a Nazi vibe,” Hegseth quickly clarifies.

James Austin Johnson, usually busy playing Trump, stepped in as Health Secretary RFK Jr. for a nice change of pace. He assured the crew that the country they will come home to is healthier than ever before, give or take a handful of new viruses that have emerged recently food-borne illness outbreak.