Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update didn’t hold back this week, taking sharp jabs at Donald Trump—mocking his latest AI vanity project and his economic reassurances.
Colin Jost kicked things off by skewering Trump’s bizarre online stunt. “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,” Jost said. He then added, “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.’”
Jost didn’t stop there. As he leaned into the religious angle, he added, “As a Catholic, I just feel like Trump’s photo was really disrespectful. Also, if Trump really wants to be Pope, he should probably stay away from JD Vance.”
Michael Che picked up from there, turning to Trump’s recent attempts to reassure Americans about the declining economy—urging them to “be patient” while still deflecting blame onto others.
“If his brain gets any worse, he’s going to be patient,” Che quipped, as a photo appeared of Trump inside a psychiatric facility.
Jost also weighed in on Trump’s claim that his tariffs might force children to scale back their Christmas wish lists—from 30 dolls to just two.
“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 exclaimed. “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!”
Later, Che turned his attention to Elon Musk, who recently distanced himself from involvement in DOGE.
“But as always,” he said of Musk—father to at least 14 children—“Elon pulled out a little too late.”
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