Last night's episode of Saturday Night Live focused on the economic instability resulting from President Trump's imposition of tariffs, which resonated deeply with audience anxieties. Through various sketches, including a comedic spin on the Easter story and a parody of HBO's 'The White Lotus,' the show creatively highlighted the impacts of tariffs on different societal classes. Even musical guest Lizzo contributed to the theme by wearing a shirt stating 'Tariffied.' The broad humor served to reflect and amplify the general unrest caused by current economic policies.
The theme first cropped up in the cold open, which began ostensibly as a sketch about Easter-specifically about Jesus expelling money changers during an act known as the cleansing of the temple.
But that was just one of the show’s riffs on the effects of the president’s trade war. The pretaped sketch 'The White Potus' seamlessly parodied both the tariff news and the latest season of HBO's The White Lotus.
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