President Trump didn't do much to help out his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during 'SNL' — but he did dream about Zohran Mamdani.

Colin Jost returned as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in an SNL skit mocking war crimes as Donald Trump's character seen dozing off and sleep-talking during cold open

“ [Trump] is starting to tire of the scandals surrounding Hegseth and does not push back when others suggest Hegseth is not up for the job, an outside adviser to the White House and a former senior administration official told us,” The Atlantic reported. An unnamed senior administration told the outlet it’s been a “rough week for Pete.”

Let’s say, if I had a drink for every Venezuelan we’ve killed, I’d really like that number of drinks,” said Donald Trump’s fog of warred Secretary of Defense/War tonight in Saturday Night Live’s unusually high temperature cold open.

But many also sounded exasperated that once again they were dealing with controversy sparked by Bradley’s boss, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. And after 10 months of turbulence under Hegseth’s leadership,

In the high-frequency churn of President Donald Trump’s first term, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s repeated missteps would have fueled guessing games about his imminent firing. In the second, he has maintained White House support — at least for now.

With claims flying that Pete Hegseth’s orders might have led to the commission of war crimes, President Trump sounded like he was putting some distance between himself and his defense secretary.

According to images and screenshots shared of the meeting, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's title was misspelled on his placard, reading "Ssecretary of War." Snopes readers shared an image of Hegseth seated behind the apparently misspelt placard and asked us to ascertain whether the error was real.