Mikey Day played Jesus Christ in the opening of Saturday’s new episode, hosted by Jon Hamm with musical guest Lizzo. Just as Jesus was complaining about the increase in merchants’ prices in ancient times, Johnson’s Trump steals the scene and delivers a hilarious monologue about the tariffs and plummeting stock market.

SNL mocks ‘messiah’ Trump over chaotic tariffs policy with Easter-themed cold open - ‘Some people call me the Messiah because of the mess I uh made out of the economy’

Live” mocked President Trump’s tariffs in its Easter-themed cold open, saying the U.S. stock market “did a Jesus.” The opening scene was a spoof on the “Cleansing of the Temple,”