Now THIS is Funny: Colin Jost, Journalist Frank Cerabino on "Pope Trump" 😂

 

I was hoping that SNL would mention this, but the "Trump Pope" photo was posted so late on Friday, the skits for Saturday were likely a done deal -  except Colin Jost did incorporate it into his Weekend Update news segment, and said this:

"Well, guys, it happened. President Trump posted an AI-generated photo of himself as the Pope, apparently ordering a one-way ticket to hell. "Who posts a photo of themselves dressed like a guy who died a week ago?"

Trump was at the Pope's funeral.  That means he walked past the Pope's casket and was like "Oh, we should do a "Who Wore It Best?" It's truly like if the week after Queen Elizabeth died, I posted this."

"I don't know, I just feel like as a Catholic, Trump's photo just feels slightly disrespectful."

But the funniest take I've seen on it yet was what popped up in the Google News feed on the subject - journalist Frank Cerabino from the Palm Beach Post (yes, where Mar a Lago is) posted this speech, parodying what Trump would be like as Pope ... 

"As your new pope, I will be bringing back the Catholic Church, which frankly, has been run into the ground by stupid, crooked foreigners for many centuries.

I call them “centuries.” It’s a word that means a hundred years. Most people don’t know that.

No more meek inheriting MY Earth

Today is a great day for the Church, a day when other religions will be put on notice that they can no longer keep taking advantage of the Catholics. And it’s about time.

The Muslims are laughing at us. The Buddhists are beating us badly in Asia. And the Jews are eating our lunch.

So sad.

And what are we doing? Giving away money to the poor. Hiding our good-looking young nuns in non-flattering clothing. And over-regulating so-called “sins”, which are really just people using their leverage to make some shrewd deals.
Let's investigate (and eliminate) the Ten Commandments

As your new pope, I am signing an Executive Pontiff Order today that calls for the complete and total investigation of the Ten Commandments, starting with the elimination of the ones that deal with stealing and coveting your neighbor's wife.

They’re so unfair. So unfair. We’re bringing coveting back, both carnal and financial. Big time. That I can tell you.

It’s time to put an end to the meek inheriting the earth.
Pope Donald the First? Get that on a coin. Now.

I am also unveiling today a limited edition Pope Donald the First meme coin. It’s more than just a handsome keepsake with the likeness of your favorite pope on it. It’s an investment that will save you from the fires of Hell.

People are saying that investing in the Pope Donald the First meme coin is the surest pathway to eternal life in Heaven. That’s what they’re saying.

As one of my first papal duties, I will be hearing the confessions of the whack-job, far-left, Marxist, Communist cardinals who didn’t vote for me, and investigating the woke ideology that has infected the college of cardinals.

Many people don’t even know that the cardinals have a college. It’s time to shut it down. I like the uneducated cardinals.
The Church is in desperate need for a new direction. With that in mind, I have ordered the conversion of all that wasted space on the floor of the Sistine Chapel. It will become an arena for staging UFC cage-fighting, pay-per-view events from the Vatican, which will become the 52nd U.S. state.

Big changes are ahead, starting with abortion going from a sin to a sacrament.

There have been a lot of questions about my selection. Some people have asked whether I will be converting to Catholicism, leading daily Mass, and continuing papal rituals, such as washing the feet of the poor.

The answers are: No, no, and you’ve got to be kidding me.

I am here to fulfill a calling. And right now, God is calling me to a golf course. So, I am going to step away from the balcony.

Until I do, please remain kneeling."

😂😂😂😂 

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PS -  Did you fully got the Pope coin joke?

Because for those unfamiliar with history, the selling of papal indulgences - or forgiveness of sin/tickets to heaven - was the main issue that Protestant Reformer, Martin Luther, took issue with. 

Also, Martin Luther's protestant reformation was later embraced by Henry the VIII enough to change the official Church of England from Catholicism to Anglican or "Catholic Lite" - NOT because he believed in Martin Luther, but because he wanted to divorce his wives and the Catholic church would not permit it.

Thus, Cerabino is fully tying greed and political ambition to religion, here - brilliant!