‘SNL’s’ Trump Interrupts Jesus To Talk Tariffs: ‘I Also Got Rid Of Money Last Week’

'Beyond the pale': MAGA lawmaker says SNL actor headed to hell over sketch mocking Trump

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) suggested Jesus Christ would send "Saturday Night Live" actors and writers to hell for a sketch that mocked President Donald Trump.In a sketch over the weekend, comedian James Austin Johnson mentioned Jesus during his impersonation of Trump."The stock market did a Jesus," th...

ThePatriotLight - 'Donald Jesus Trump:' SNL compares Trump to Jesus in mocking sketch

ThePatriotLight - “Saturday Night Live” took another swipe at President Donald Trump this weekend, drawing a bold comparison between Trump and Jesus in its latest cold open. “It’s me, your favorite president, Donald Jesus Trump, comparing myself to the Son of God once again,” said cast member James Austin Johnson, reprising his role as the exaggerated Trump. The sketch opened with a dramatization of a Bible scene: Jesus flipping tables in a temp…

Trump interrupts 'Jesus,' riffs on Easter, tariffs, and more in 'SNL' cold open

Saturday Night Live opened the show this week with a recreation of The Cleansing of the Temple, a significant moment in the Bible where Jesus Christ kicks out the merchants and money changers who were turning the house of worship into a "den of thieves." SEE ALSO: Jack Black dons Indiana Jones get-up in 'SNL' dating show sketch However, just as Mikey Day, who plays Jesus in this cold open, is getting started, James Austin Johnson's President Do…

‘SNL’s Donald Trump Impression Causes Cast To Break During Last Night’s Cold Open

With the Passover and Easter holidays upon us, it wasn’t much of a surprise that the cold open of last night’s Saturday Night Live—which saw Jon Hamm return as host for the fourth time and “Still Bad” singer Lizzo as musical guest—had a religious angle. It started with Mikey Day as Jesus during the cleansing of the temple, angry at the presence of merchants and money changers corrupting the space. And speaking of corruption: enter Donald “Jesus”…

‘SNL’s’ Trump Interrupts Jesus To Talk Tariffs: ‘I Also Got Rid Of Money Last Week’

People are “comparing me to the Messiah because of the ‘Mess-I-Ah made out of the economy,” James Austin Johnson said as Trump.

SNL Trump Says Stock Market Came Back Like Jesus

During the April 12 2025 Saturday Night Live, James Austin Johnson revisited his Donald Trump impersonation for an ironic blend of political and religious satire. The cold opening started with Jesus as depicted by Mikey Day as he overturned temple tables just as it happened, as recorded by history, to be a part of Christian history. He later appeared as depicted by Johnson with him confirming that he withdrew money from the country but he got ri…