‘SNL’ has Trump attend Last Supper, compare himself to Jesus
09.04.2023 - 13:01
/ nypost.com
recent indictment to the persecution of Jesus. “Alas, one of you will betray me,” said Jesus, played by Mikey Day. “It is foretold.
And though I have committed no crime, I will be arrested, tried, and found guilty.” Before Day can continue, SNL cast member James Austin Johnson-as-Trump entered the fray to ask viewers if the plight of the son of God sounded familiar. “A famous, wonderful man arrested for no reason at all,” Johnson as Trump said, adding, “If you haven’t put it together folks, I’m comparing myself to Jesus, again.”Johnson continued, “As we speak, I am being persecuted on a level the likes of which the world has never seen, even worse than the late, great Jesus.” On Tuesday, the 76-year-old ex-president was indicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, which totals a monumental 136 years behind bars. If convicted at trial and sentenced, however, the sentence would likely be drastically less.
“We’re very similar,” the fake Trump said of himself and the Christian messiah. Happy Easter from former President Trump pic.twitter.com/3GN5MfAohP“We’re both very tall, very popular, and both frankly white Americans,” he said of the Galilean Semite.Johnson’s Trump then began to draw parallels between himself and Jesus, and in typical Trump-fashion noted, “He rose from the dead on the third day. I would have done it faster.
Possibly two days. I think we could have done it a lot faster.” The character then said that his followers were like Jesus’, “All because I told them exactly what Jesus would have said, ‘Get very violent and start a war.'”The character then equated his once-close relationship with his likely 2024 GOP competitor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the betrayal of Jesus by Judas.