Live on Saturday night: ‘Stock market did a jesus’: SNL fry Donald Trump’s tariff chaos special in Easter

In a cheek in its Easter episode, Saturday night Live US President Donald Trump replaced his lens to deal with American economy Bible imagination To make fun of Trump’s irregular tariff decisions.
The sketch began with a reunion of the “cleaning of the temple”, where Jesus played by Mickey Dey, cleaned the angry traders. “I will get rid of this place of all its money,” he announced.
The scene took a turn when James Austin Johnson appeared as Trump, announced, “It’s me, your favorite president, Donald Jesus Trump,” and comparing himself to Jesus. “Many people are calling me the Messiah,” he said, “I was dropped from the economy due to dirt.”
According to The New York Times, Skit mixed sharp political humor with the Bible Parody, portraying Trump as an unexpected savior of a financial system, which he had a hand in a hand.
Sketch jokingly jokingly made Trump’s tariff policies, especially his role in Tejashwi Stock marketJohnson’s trump character quipped that his “beautiful tariffs” were running so well that he had to stop him. “I said let me cook, and then I burnt dinner badly, so we had to stop,” he jokingly said. “Now, everything is fine how it was, some trillion dollars and a historical transfer of money for my friends from the middle class.”
Trump’s irregular business strategy Recently the major market caused swings. The three major stock index extended after stopping the tariff, only to take a dip again after a fresh push against China. Johnson’s Trump highlighted this anarchy and said, “The stock market did a Jesus. It died on the third day, and then on the fourth day it died again, probably never to return, just like Jesus.”
He continued with more Easter-themed Quips, pointing to the financial stress of Americans. “We look at our 401k and say, ‘Jesus Christ, where did all this go?” I don’t know, but we are fixing it.
According to The Hill, Johnson was not reluctant to criticize Trump’s colleagues, which could benefit from market disturbance, portray the entire episode as “a historical transfer of money from middle class to my friends”.
He also made fun of Trump’s religious hypocrisy, saying, “We should never mix religion with commerce before promoting a fictional” Trump Bible “in the US, the price of $ 1,300 and the price of” falling faster “.
With the host and musical guest Lizo by John Ham, this episode targeted his satire on both political upheaval and rising cost of life, joking that people were “hunting for eggs in a grocery store because they spend a trillion, billion dollars.”
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