The President and Pete Hegseth in SNL's 'Trump's Gas Prices Cold Open'

Saturday Night Live opened its March 14 episode with a cold open set against disruptions to the world's oil supply after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. An American family (Mikey Day, Ashley Padilla, Marcello Hernández and Sarah Sherman) worries about $5-a-gallon gas; the mother (Padilla) asks, "Fill up?

Not all the way, though, right?" and the father (Day) replies against dramatic music. The price of oil per barrel was the highest since July 2022 that March, and the first six days of what the administration is calling "Operation Epic Fury" cost at least $11 billion.

As the children ask why one of them might be left behind, James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump interrupts, joking, "Epstein files! Kidding. But possibly not," and introducing himself: "Anyway, hi. It's me, Donald Trump. You might remember me from such campaign promises as, 'lower gas prices' and 'no more wars.'" Johnson's Trump adds, "Sike!

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