When it comes to political satire, "Saturday Night Live" has had no end of possible material lately, and for its spring opener, the recent A signal messenger group including members of the Trump cabinet And The Atlantic's editor-in-chief was nearly impossible to avoid.
The program resumed after a break of two weeks and delved into the fiasco involving high-ranking officials in the Trump administration who utilized the Signal app to converse about potential military actions against Houthi insurgents in Yemen.
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz stated He initiated a Signal text conversation and inadvertently included The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, who exposed its creation. released a written record of their conversation It indicates that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed the scheduled date for the planned airstrikes but did not reveal particular target locations for the strike set on March 15.
On "Saturday Night Live," the storyline featured a chat group consisting of three teenagers portrayed by Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, and guest host Mikey Madison. These characters found themselves perplexed by odd messages coming from Andrew Dismukes' character, Hegseth.
"Tomahawks launched 15 minutes ago," he announced, typing as he read his messages. "Who’s up for taking down some Houthi rebels?" He finished by reciting the string of various flag emojis, along with a flame and an eggplant emoji.
Madison's adolescent character replied: "Bro, do we know you? This is Jenebel."
Ah, great," Hegsetch replied. "From the defense team, Jenebel, correct?
Nwodim interjected: "I believe you've got the incorrect group chat."
Hegseth seemed somewhat uneasy.
Hahaha," he remarked. "Can you even picture if that really occurred? Homer vanishing into a bush as seen in a GIF.
The conversation went on, largely unaware of the outsiders' presence. Hegseth deemed this a suitable moment to impart some details.
As long as I have your attention," he stated, "I'm distributing a PDF file containing the revised positions of all our nuclear submarines.
Vice President JD Vance, portrayed by Bowen Yang, joined the group conversation from outside. his trip to Greenland He mentioned sending a PDF with details of all deep-cover CIA operatives," he stated. "Make sure not to share it!
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, portrayed by Marcello Hernández, had his turn.
"Sending you the real JFK files He mentioned, 'Not those counterfeit ones we put out.'
Around this period, the teens start to think that perhaps they shouldn't be part of the group.
Nwodim stated, 'We’re still in high school,'
When Rubio discovered that the trio were actually high school students, he mentioned they ought to submit their names and home addresses to " deportations at ICE dot gov."
It could be worse," Yang’s Vance remarked. "We might have included the editor of The Atlantic once more.
"You did," replied cast member Mikey Day, portraying Goldberg, as he touched his phone screen.
He subsequently requested the Secretary of Defense to “discard my contact information.”
"Saturday Night Live" (SNL) broadcasts on NBC, part of NBCUniversal—a corporation that also owns NBC News. The evening’s music was provided by Morgan Wallen.
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