“Who posts a photo of themselves dressed as a guy who died a week ago?” Colin Jost jokes
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took aim at Donald Trump imagining himself as the next Pope, as well as the president’s claim that he actually isn’t ruining the economy and Americans should just “be patient.”
“Well, guys, it happened. Last night, Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope, apparently ordering a one-way ticket to hell,” Colin Jost joked. “Who posts a photo of themselves dressed as a guy who died a week ago? Trump was at the Pope’s funeral. That means he walked past an open casket and was like, ‘We should do a Who Wore It Best.’”
“As a Catholic, I just feel like Trump’s photo was really disrespectful,” Jost continued. “Also, if Trump really wants to be Pope, he should probably stay away from JD Vance.”
Co-anchor Michael Che then turned to Trump pleading with Americans to “be patient” when it comes to the contracting economy, while also continuing to blame his predecessor.
“If his brain gets any worse, he’s going to be patient,” Che joked as an image of Trump in a mental health facility showed on screen.
Also on the economy, Jost reacted to Trump saying at a recent Cabinet meeting that, due to his tariffs, children may have to make do with two dolls “instead of 30” this Christmas.
“Now I rarely talk directly to the president, but you listen, and you listen good: If I wake up on Christmas morning and run downstairs to find only two dolls under my tree, I will lose my f—ing mind,” he joked. “There better be a second tree with 28 dolls. And you know what? I’ve put up with a lot under Trump so far. He might be cutting social security. Okay, they’re old. Screw ’em. He’s deporting innocent kids? They’ve gotta grow up some time. But if only two dolls show up when I’ve made tea for thirty? Oh hell, no!”
Che then riffed on Elon Musk stepping back from his role in DOGE.
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“But as always,” he joked of the father of 14 known children, “Elon pulled out a little too late.”
