“Weekend Update” host Colin Jost took on President Donald Trump’s wild claim that Iran doesn’t “seem to realize they have no cards” other than what he called a “short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways.”
“They’re literally holding a strait,” cracked Jost in a playful nod to both the poker hand and the Strait of Hormuz, the sea passage that’s been effectively shut down by Iran in a move that’s sparked global economic consequences.
“Because they actually met when Trump cracked open her shipping container,” quipped Che, whose joke got a mix of groans and laughter from the “SNL” crowd.
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