SNL’s Easter sketch portrayed Trump as “Donald Jesus Trump,” mocking his economic policies, faith, and inflation during a holiday-themed cold open.
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“SaturdayNightLive”tookanotherswipeatPresidentDonaldTrumpthisweekend,drawingaboldcomparisonbetweenTrumpandJesusinitslatestcoldopen.
“It’sme,yourfavoritepresident,DonaldJesusTrump,comparingmyselftotheSonofGodonceagain,”saidcastmemberJamesAustinJohnson,reprisinghisroleastheexaggeratedTrump.
ThesketchopenedwithadramatizationofaBiblescene:Jesusflippingtablesinatempleovermerchantssellinggoods.Butjustafewsecondsin,Trumphijacksthescenewithamonologue,recappingtheweek’seconomicheadlineswithhisusualbravado.
“ManypeoplearecallingmetheMessiah,”hesays.
SNLSKITTAKESAIMATTRUMP’STARIFFSANDTESLAVANDALISM:‘MAKEAMERICAGREATDEPRESSIONAGAIN’
“Becauseofthemess-I-ahmadeoutoftheeconomy.”
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