“Hi, it’s me, Donald ‘Jesus’ Trump,” says James Austin Johnson, who plays Trump regularly on Saturday Night Live, while the cast behind him froze.
An SNL tradition each Easter, this time the monologue drew a parallel between Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple and the economic uncertainty that followed Trump’s April 2 tariffs announcement.
Trump continued by calling himself “the Messiah” because of “the mess I made out of the economy.”
Jesus Christ (Mikey Day) and his disciples (Kenan Thompson, Andrew Dismukes, Sarah Sherman, Ego Nwodim, Emil Wakim, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, Jane Wickline) get interrupted by President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) during the cleansing of the Temple.