Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton on “Saturday Night Live”; Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live returned for its 42nd season this weekend with Alec Baldwin as its new Donald Trump.
Baldwin, in character as Trump, faced off against Hillary Clinton — played by cast member Kate McKinnon — in a parody of the first presidential debate, moderated by SNL‘s Michael Che as Lester Holt.
Highlights of the sketch include:
After Baldwin’s Trump declares victory after answering just one question, Che’s Holt reminds him that there is still 88 minutes left in the debate.
“My microphone is broken. She broke it. With Obama. Can you hear that? I think it’s somebody sniffling here,” he replies.
Then, Baldwin attacked Clinton, arguing, “She’s the one with the bad temperament. She’s always screaming. She’s constantly lying. Her hair is crazy. Her face is completely orange, except around the eyes, where it’s white.”
Other highlights of Saturday’s SNL season premiere included Larry David returning as former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders in a parody of the game show Family Feud.
During the “Weekend Update” segment, Che dropped the N-word while discussing San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the national anthem.
After noting that it’s “mostly white guys that are upset,” Che added, “I expect white guys to defend the national anthem like I expected Phylicia Rashad to defend Bill Cosby. I’m sure when people were protesting The Cosby Show, I’m sure Clair Huxtable was like, ‘I don’t know what he did to y’all, but n***** made me rich!'”
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