‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens With Donald Trump Comparing Himself To The Messiah — “Because Of The Mess I, Ah, Made Out Of The Economy”
Saturday Night Live went with an Easter-themed opener, this time with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) comparing himself to the son of God.
“You know, many people are even calling me the Messiah — because of the mess I, ah, made out of the economy,” Johnson as Trump said.
“Or because of my beautiful tariffs — so beautiful — they were working so well that I had to stop them.”
The riff was on Trump’s partial pullback on a key economy priority — blanket tariffs — after the bond markets signaled that the U.S. economy was about to fall off a cliff. The stock market soured when Trump put them on pause, but stocks sank again out of concern over the 145% tariffs on key trading partner China.
The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money...
“You know, many people are even calling me the Messiah — because of the mess I, ah, made out of the economy,” Johnson as Trump said.
“Or because of my beautiful tariffs — so beautiful — they were working so well that I had to stop them.”
The riff was on Trump’s partial pullback on a key economy priority — blanket tariffs — after the bond markets signaled that the U.S. economy was about to fall off a cliff. The stock market soured when Trump put them on pause, but stocks sank again out of concern over the 145% tariffs on key trading partner China.
The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money...
- 4/13/2025
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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