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Alec Baldwin Returns to ‘S.N.L.’ as President-Elect Trump Alec Baldwin Returns to ‘S.N.L.’ as President-Elect Trump
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Alec Baldwin returned to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend portraying President-elect Donald J. Trump as stunned and unprepared for the reality of being president. Alec Baldwin’s return to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend prompted another fiery response from President-elect Donald J. Trump on Twitter.
The cold open depicts Mr. Trump meeting with various figures, including Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway, a campaign staffer from coal country and a general, who is eager to hear about the president-elect’s secret plan to defeat ISIS. After the general leaves, Mr. Trump promptly begins searching online for “What is Isis?” Mr. Trump proceeds to renege on assorted campaign promises, including repealing Obamacare, deporting illegal immigrants and creating coal-mining jobs. The episode’s cold open features Mr. Baldwin portraying Mr. Trump as stunned and unprepared for the reality of being president. In the skit, he meets with various figures, including Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway, a campaign staffer from coal country and a general, who is eager to hear about the president-elect’s secret plan to defeat ISIS. After the general leaves, Mr. Trump promptly begins searching online for “What is Isis?” Mr. Trump proceeds to renege on assorted campaign promises, including repealing Obamacare, deporting illegal immigrants and creating coal-mining jobs.
Jason Sudeikis, a former cast member now starring in an Off Broadway production of “Dead Poets Society,” appeared as Mitt Romney, and Beck Bennett played Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who was confronted by the “Hamilton” cast on Friday. In the sketch, Mr. Trump asks him about attending that Broadway show and Mr. Pence responds evenhandedly, “It was good; I got a free lecture.”Jason Sudeikis, a former cast member now starring in an Off Broadway production of “Dead Poets Society,” appeared as Mitt Romney, and Beck Bennett played Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who was confronted by the “Hamilton” cast on Friday. In the sketch, Mr. Trump asks him about attending that Broadway show and Mr. Pence responds evenhandedly, “It was good; I got a free lecture.”
The episode was hosted by the former cast member Kristen Wiig, and did not shy away from political commentary. (Last week’s episode, hosted by Dave Chappelle, skipped an overly political cold open in favor of Kate McKinnon dressed as Hillary Clinton singing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”) One skit served as an advertisement for the liberal bubble, with the tagline: “In here, it’s like the election never happened.” Another skit revealed outraged CNN anchors to be repetitive, malfunctioning androids from HBO’s “Westworld.” Early Sunday morning, Mr. Trump took to Twitter to first double down on his criticism of “Hamilton,” before turning his attention to “Saturday Night Live.”
And on “Weekend Update,” Michael Che and Colin Jost discussed the election and questioned Mr. Trump’s desire to be president: “He just liked the chase. He enjoyed wooing America for 18 months.” The “Saturday Night Live” episode was hosted by the former cast member Kristen Wiig, and did not shy away from political commentary. (Last week’s episode, hosted by Dave Chappelle, skipped an overly political cold open in favor of Kate McKinnon dressed as Hillary Clinton singing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”) One skit served as an advertisement for the liberal bubble, with the tagline: “In here, it’s like the election never happened.” Another skit revealed outraged CNN anchors to be repetitive, malfunctioning androids from HBO’s “Westworld.”
On Sunday morning, Mr. Trump criticized the episode on Twitter. And on “Weekend Update,” Michael Che and Colin Jost discussed the election and questioned Mr. Trump’s desire to be president. Mr. Che said: “He just liked the chase. He enjoyed wooing America for 18 months.”