Bill Maher spent his time on the show this week focusing on Easter Sunday, mixing his signature political jabs with seasonal humor. One of his biting jokes? He said Trump was watching Easter.
(It’s “yes” with Spanish pronunciation. It’s a sharp excavation of Trump’s immigration policy.)
Opening his monologue on Good Friday, Maher said, “It’s Good Friday, and this is the day Jesus died for our sins. So what do you know? It’s all paid. You’re playing with the money of your house.”
Maher also nurtured the fact that this week is Tax Week. Bonding it to the ongoing criticism of Trump-era government efficiency (DOGE), he said, “One of the things Doge did was break the IRS.
Back at Easter, Maher joked about the rising costs of eggs. “I don’t want to say that the economy is in sh***er, but people are dying, dying – yeah, they are dying too, but the eggs are dying for Easter because they’re too expensive.
He didn’t stop there, linking global issues with domestic dysfunction. “Yes, we’re losing potatoes. People are dying overseas because we cut off aid overseas. They’re… we’re in a recession and there’s a constitutional crisis. Today, Melania had a jacket that I said was starting to worry about,” Marher said. “It’s Easter. It’s Easter on Sunday. Are you excited about it? Oh my God, my favorite holiday in Christians [calendar]the day we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the death. Or, as Elon Musk sees it, an elaborate plan to deceive social security. ”
Maher returned with another jab on Trump. “It’s a very big day at the White House. Trump is celebrating the day by locking in men named Jesus,” he added, adding that Trump also “forgives Pontius Pilate.”
Shifting his focus to the Vice President, Maher delves into JD Vance’s recent conversion to Catholicism. “JD is over there. He wants to go see the Pope. I don’t know if he’s going, but he wants to get there and convince him that Jesus is wrong about being kind to foreigners.”
You can catch the full monologue by looking at the clip above.
