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Rhiannon12866

(253,662 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:30 AM 12 hrs ago

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SNL Tackles Why Trump Attacked Iran 😂 - 'War! What Is It Good For?' - LateNight

Saturday Night Live opens with a chaotic cold open imagining why Donald Trump suddenly attacked Iran — and the answers are as absurd as you’d expect.

In this sketch:
• A 2 a.m. war announcement
• “Board of peace” logic
• “War! What is it good for? Distracting from the Epstein files.”
• MAGA voters asking, “This isn’t what we voted for.”
• Blame shifting to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

SNL leans into unpredictability, distraction politics, and full late-night absurdity.

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SNL Tackles Why Trump Attacked Iran 😂 - 'War! What Is It Good For?' - LateNight (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 12 hrs ago OP

While I can't prove it, I'd like to believe that Lorne Michaels no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #1

LOL! I would not be surprised... Rhiannon12866 12 hrs ago #2

I also made a pilgrimage to South Orange, NJ in early March 2020 no_hypocrisy 11 hrs ago #3

no_hypocrisy

(54,712 posts)

1. While I can't prove it, I'd like to believe that Lorne Michaels

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:38 AM

12 hrs ago

asked Al Franken to help with writing this skit.

Rhiannon12866

(253,662 posts)

2. LOL! I would not be surprised...

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:48 AM

12 hrs ago

I saw him live in concert a couple of years back and he sure has fond memories of his time on SNL...

no_hypocrisy

(54,712 posts)

3. I also made a pilgrimage to South Orange, NJ in early March 2020

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:00 AM

11 hrs ago

to see Al Franken. I even got to literally bump elbows with him. (It was right before Covid more or less closed everything.)

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