SNL attacked presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump last night, mocking the publication of the ‘Trump Bibles’ ahead of Easter Sunday.
The skit came just minutes before host Ramy Youssef said a prayer for the Palestinian people during his monologue.
The show’s cold open was a resurrection-themed roast of Trump, which featured the show’s current impersonator, James Austin Johnson, bursting through a cave wall and beginning to sell his wares.
One of the three women who opened the sketch asked, ‘Is it Jesus?’ while the cave wall rumbles.
“Basically, yes,” Johnson said as Trump, emerging from the smoke before dismissing the women.
The cold open featured Trump impersonator James Austin Johnson in a sketch about the former president’s new line of Trump Bibles.
In the hilarious sketch, Johnson worked in a series of jokes ranging from Trump’s presumably minimal knowledge of the contents of the Bible, to the former and possibly future president’s insertion of himself into several iconic stories from the Holy Book.
He went on to say that people seem to enjoy comparing him to Trump, something he doesn’t intend to put an end to.
He continued: ‘If you think this looks bad, imagine how strange it would be if I started selling Bibles.
“Well, I’m selling Bibles,” he said, showing the camera what appeared to be an authentic Trump Bible ‘God Bless the USA’which currently sells for $59.99.
Then, in the hilarious sketch, Johnson worked on a series of jokes ranging from Trump’s presumably minimal knowledge of the contents of the Bible, to the former and possibly future president’s insertion of himself into several iconic stories from the Book Sacred.
In real life, the former president posted on Truth Social last week: ‘Happy Easter! Let’s make America pray again. As we approach Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to pick up a copy of the God Bless The USA Bible.’
Moments later, comedian and actor Ramy Youssef, hosting the late-night sketch show for the first time, delivered a monologue about his faith (Youssef is a practicing Muslim) and his career as a stand-up comedian.
Actor and comedian SNL host Ramy Youssef delivered a monologue about his faith (Youssef is a practicing Muslim) and his career as a stand-up comedian.
He told an anecdote about being upstate for a performance and noticing a number of Trump campaign signs in yards, which he said made him reluctant to speak Arabic to his mother when she called him while he was away. in public.
‘Mother, peace be with you and with the prophet you know. You know what a prophet. The best. The last one,” he stated.
He then said that in 2020, Joe Biden’s campaign called him to ask him to support the now president in Michigan, where a large Arab-American community resides.
“Tell the Arabs to vote for Joe and you can change the course of American history,” he said the campaign told him.
The incumbent, who faces a tough re-election cycle, hopes to win the support of the important Arab community in the essential swing state of Michigan. But anger against the current president over the United States’ continued support for Israel in its war against Hamas overwhelms the group today.
This time, however, Youssef said all he has to offer are prayers.
He then turned to the politics of the war currently ravaging the Middle East.
He stressed his prayers for the Palestinian people who are currently suffering, for the hostages and for his friend’s dog.
‘Please free the people of Palestine, please. And please release the hostages. All the hostages. Please.
And while you’re at it, you know, free Mr. Bojangles. I mean, he’s a beautiful dog,’ he concluded.