Live” cast member James Austin Johnson returned as Donald Trump during the latest episode’s cold open to give his version of the president’s recent “Liberation Day” tariff announcement.

President Donald Trump's tariffs that have tanked the stock market. SNL had cast member James Austin Johnson do his spot-on Trump impression and deliver the news about the tariffs. "It's actually even better than a plan because it's a series of random numbers,

"SNL" gave an "encore presentation" of President Trump's tariffs announcement this week: "It'll be better than great."

Trump has repeatedly called April 2 "Liberation Day." He is expected to enact reciprocal tariffs on major trading partners, especially those that contribute the most to the $1.2 trillion U.S. trade deficit.

Donald Trump launched a bizarre rant claiming the 'patient lived, and is healing' after unveiling punitive tariffs on all imports - but his move has sent US financial markets into meltdown