Overview

• The April 13 episode of Saturday Night Live opened with an Easter-themed sketch featuring Mikey Day as Jesus and James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump.
• The sketch parodied biblical narratives, with Trump comparing himself to Jesus and jokingly calling himself the Messiah for mishandling the economy.
• Johnson’s Trump mocked recent tariff policies, highlighting a partial rollback after market volatility and warnings of economic downturns.
• Biblical metaphors were used to satirize market instability, including a quip about the stock market ‘dying and rising’ like Jesus.
• The episode continued SNL’s tradition of blending sharp political commentary with cultural and religious satire.