For SNL’s Cold Open, Trump — played by James Austin Johnson — promised to “Make America Great Depression Again” in a spoof of the president’s so-called ‘Liberation Day’ where he set worldwide tariffs, essentially weakening the American economy.
“My favorite word, tariff, which, of course, is short for a-terrific-idea,” said Trump, calling the tax on Americans the “backbone of my incredible plan for our economy.”
“It’s actually even better than a plan, because it’s a series of random numbers, like the numbers on the computer screen in Severance” he added. “You have no idea what the hell they mean, but I know what the numbers mean … They mean we’re gonna make America wealthy again. You know you’re gonna check your stock portfolio in a couple days and think ‘I’m almost too wealthy.’”
‘You know, the depression is going to be so great. We’ll be the ones eating the cats and the dogs. That’s going to be fun’
And once again, Mike Myers appeared as Elon Musk, wearing the ridiculous ‘cheese-head’ hat as he lamented losing the Wisconsin seat, joking that instead of putting 20M into the election, he should have ‘just bought Wisconsin.’