Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost targeted political nominees on the latest broadcast in New York.

Weekend Update focused on Pete Hegseth, described as a prospective defense secretary and a television host.

The article says Jost compared that appointment to hiring a media personality to run military operations.

He also joked about Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ballroom as a setting for cabinet talk.

The show satirized Kristi Noem’s reported divorce alongside her public political role.

The cold open skewered Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell and midterm campaign dynamics.

Michael Che joined the Update critique of people proposed for high-level jobs.

The piece says clips spread on social media and sometimes reach cable news and campaigns.

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