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SNL mocks Trump over Nobel loss and Hegseth’s planned livestreamed execution
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update criticized President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a segment that aired Saturday.
The Nobel Peace Prize went to South African human rights lawyer and judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, who investigated war crimes for the United Nations and the International Criminal Court.
Colin Jost joked that Trump was upset about losing the award, after Trump said the recipient was someone “no one has ever heard of.”
Michael Che also made jokes about Hegseth’s announcement that a firing squad execution planned for December would be livestreamed.
The execution concerns the Fort Hood mass shooter, according to the show’s segment.
The planned livestream drew criticism in the comedy segment, but no further details about the plan were given.
Weekend Update also joked about a Utah data center project that is still being built but has been downsized after public and state lawmaker pushback.
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update mocked Donald Trump after he again failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel committee gave the prize to South African lawyer and judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on Friday.
Colin Jost joked that Trump was angry about losing, while Michael Che mocked Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream a firing squad execution.
Hegseth announced that the December execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter would be livestreamed.
- Who
- Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, including Colin Jost and Michael Che, mocked Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.
- What
- The segment joked about Trump losing the Nobel Peace Prize and criticized plans to livestream a firing squad execution.
- When
- The Nobel committee announced the prize on Friday; Weekend Update discussed the stories on Saturday.
- Where
- The rally Jost referenced took place in Syracuse, New York. The planned execution is at Fort Hood.
- Why
- Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and Hegseth announced plans to livestream the execution.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
He’s genuinely angry that he didn’t win the peace prize
the first public execution in the U.S. since—I wanna say, a couple weeks ago?
Trump kidnapped Venezuela’s president, then he did so much war that we’re running out of missiles, and he still thought: ‘This is my year.’
which do not leave marks, and cause incredible pain, hopefully to an agent who forgets to take them off at the urinal
The Nobel committee awarded its Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay.
Trump said at a rally in Syracuse, New York, that “no one has ever heard of” the prize recipient.
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update mocked Trump’s Nobel loss and Hegseth’s execution livestream plan.
The Fort Hood mass shooter is scheduled to be executed by firing squad, with the execution set to be livestreamed.
- Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- Navanethem “Navi” Pillay
- Recipient’s background
- South African human rights lawyer and judge
- Award announcement
- Friday
- Trump rally location
- Syracuse, New York
- Planned execution
- Firing squad execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter in December
- Execution plan
- Livestreaming announced by Pete Hegseth
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