‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Spoofs Donald Trump’s Sales Pitch For $60 Bibles: “Sounds Like A Joke … But It’s Also Very Real”

Saturday Night Live went with Donald Trump’s hawking of Bibles for its cold open, with James Austin Johnson returning as the former president to make the pitch.

It was another case of the show trying to satirize something that hardly needs rewriting.

“That’s right, it’s Easter. The time of year when I compare myself to Jesus Christ,” Johnson as Trump said. “That’s just the thing I do now, and people seem to be OK with it. I’m going to keep doing it. If you think that this is a bad look, imagine how weird it would be if I started selling Bibles. Well, I’m selling Bibles.”

“Sounds like a joke, and in many ways it is, but it’s also very real. As you know, I love Bible. It’s my favorite look.”

More to come.