Saturday Night Liveâs Donald Trump, ahead of next weekâs Easter holiday, compared his handling of the economy to the story of Jesusâ death and resurrection.
Barging into a scene from the Bible, Trump (James Austin Johnson) began with the self-aware acknowledgment that heâonce againâis comparing himself to Jesus.
âYou know, many people are even calling me the messiah because of the mess-i-ah made out of the economy,â he continued, before explaining his flip-flops on his math-challenged tariff policy. âMy beautiful tariffs, so beautiful. They were working so well that I had to stop them.â
âThe prime minister of Canada, big guy, tears in his eyes, he called me, and he said, âSir, if you do this, you will upend the global economy, tank the stocks and bond markets, and unite your allies against you.â And I said, âLet me cook!’â he recalled. âThen I burned dinner badly. So we had to stop. Now everything is back exactly how it wasâminus a few trillion dollars.â
âA historic transfer of wealth from the middle class to my buddies. Oh well,â he went on. âItâs true, the stock market did a Jesus. It died. Then on the third day, it was risen. Then on the fourth day, it died againâpossibly never to return, just like Jesus.â
Trump then joked about all the value Americansâ 401(k)s have lost.
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ââJesus Christâ is a name weâve been saying a lot lately. Weâre saying it a lot. We look at our 401(k)ââJesus Christ, where did it all go?’â he said. âI donât know, but weâre going to fix that. Or not. Weâll see, should be interesting.â
As for the holiday itself, Trump riffed that he loves it because âitâs the day where the most homophobic people try to dress as gay as possible.â
âWe are looking forward to Easter mass. Easter mass is always packed. Itâs sad. Some people only go to church on Christmas and Easter,â he added. âNot me. I donât go on those days either.â
He wrapped up by insisting even though the dollar âhas died and gone to money heaven,â heâs actually playing âfour-dimensional chess.â