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'We're Both White Americans': SNL's Trump Compares Himself To Jesus (Again)

'We're Both White Americans': SNL's Trump Compares Himself To Jesus (Again)

“A famous, wonderful man arrested for no reason at all,” said SNL's fake Trump — played by cast member James Austin Johnson — during the opening of this week's edition of Saturday Night Live.

Standing in front of a re-enactment of the Last Supper, fake Trump added, “If you haven’t put it together folks, I’m comparing myself to Jesus. Again. And what better time than on his birthday, Easter? ...We’re both very tall, very popular, and both, frankly, white Americans."

In a shout-out to the "stand back and stand by" crowd, SNL's Trump continued, “A lot of his followers got in big, big trouble, just like mine. All because I told them exactly what Jesus would have said: 'Get very violent and start a war.'"

“Because I’m a self-made billionaire and Christ was—let’s call it what it is—a nepo baby. I mean, his dad was God. It’s pretty easy to start a religion when your daddy’s God.”SNL's Trump also attacked Ron DeSantis.

“And I’ve even got my very own Judas: Ron DeSantis. Ron DeSantis came to me with tears in his eyes. He said, ‘Help me, Mr. Trump. I’m going to lose my election.’ So I very generously pretended to like him. And then he did a Judas and now he can’t even get the gays out of Disney World. It’s an awful shame.”

Watch the full segment below:


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#EndorseThis: SNL Introduces New Biden In Hilarious Mike Pence Open

"I'm like Colonel Sanders," said Alex Moffat, the new face of Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live. "Every time you see me, I'm a different guy."

Replacing Jim Carrey as Biden, Moffat doesn't miss a beat in this Covid-vaccination sketch. And, of course, Beck Bennett nails Mike Pence. Plus a cameo by Kate McKinnon's bat-like Rudy!

You will laugh.


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SNL Cold Open Highlights Farting Rudy In Voter Fraud Farce

SNL Cold Open Highlights Farting Rudy In Voter Fraud Farce

In a triumphantly absurd cold open, Saturday Night Live featured Rudy Giuliani's stunning appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee -- where Rudy (Kate McKinnon) emitted farts so loud that room microphones captured them for posterity.

Flatulence wasn't only an embarrassing moment but a metaphor for the Trump "stupid coup" that Giuliani and his "elite strike force" associate Jenna Ellis (Lauren Holt) tried to advance in Lansing.

"As my associate Ms. Ellis and I will prove today, this election was stolen from the American people with a level of trickery not seen since Houdini," lisps the former mayor, just before a loud farting sound erupts. "Hey that wasn't me! That was you guys!"

A skeptical Michigan Republican state senator (Mikey Day) notes that Giuliani has presented "zero evidence," a complaint he repeats throughout the "election fraud hearing."

Rudy then unveils the testimony of "a dozen highly intelligent, barely intoxicated individuals who are all eyewitnesses" -- notably including the belligerent Melissa Carone (played, as anticipated, by the brilliant Cecily Strong). She swiftly admonishes the legislators to "maybe lose the attitude first, just like you lost all those Trump ballots."

While Carone's viral performance is the highlight, she's followed by hilarious witnesses (Alex Moffat, Heidi Gardner, Chloe Fineman) who ably reproduce the Michigan hearing's surreal atmosphere.

It's a gas.



#EndorseThis: SNL Hails Biden-Harris Victory And Disses 'Loser' Trump

#EndorseThis: SNL Hails Biden-Harris Victory And Disses 'Loser' Trump

If there is any downside whatsoever to the election result, it is bidding a fond farewell to Alec Baldwin's Trump impression -- which has sustained the Saturday Night Live audience in good cheer during these awful years.

Not that he's accepting defeat. Never!

Still, we'll probably see much less of Baldwin and much more of Jim Carrey's Joe Biden and Maya Rudolph's sparkling Kamala Harris, both in excellent form as they tweak that loser still haunting the White House.

They all look quite happy in this sketch for some reason.