On February 26, 2026, Saturday Night Live aired a sharp and satirical cold open that reenacted Donald Trump’s controversial stance on the Iran nuclear crisis. James Austin Johnson, reprising his role as the late-night host, delivered a performance that highlighted the surreal and increasingly unstable trajectory of U.S. foreign policy under the current administration. The sketch depicted Trump addressing his 'America First' supporters with a fabricated claim that the recent military strikes on Iran were not about regime change but rather a response to Iran's alleged two-week countdown to developing nuclear weapons—a narrative that has been widely criticized as misleading.
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