‘Saturday Night Live’: Donald Trump Tells Easter Story, Calls Ron DeSantis Judas and Jesus a ‘Nepo Baby’
variety.comKatie Reul editor Premiering the night before Easter, the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live” opened with a serene image of the sketch show cast members sitting at a long table, perfectly costumed and positioned to parallel Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” But the tranquility was short-lived with the arrival of cast member James Austin Johnson, who took over the cold open by telling the story of Easter as a monologue delivered by Donald Trump.
Last week’s episode also opened with a Trump spoof after the former president was indicted by a grand jury. On April 4, Trump pled not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records.
His arrest and arraignment made him the first president in U.S. history to ever be charged with a crime after leaving office.
And this milestone was also addressed with this week’s cold open. “A famous, wonderful man arrested for no reason at all. If you haven’t put it together folks, I’m comparing myself to Jesus again.
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