Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — As expected, Alec Baldwin reprised his Donald Trump impersonation on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, and as usual, Trump responded with some choice words for the show, its cast and NBC.
“@NBCNews is bad but Saturday Night Live is the worst of NBC. Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!,” Trump tweeted Sunday.
.@NBCNews is bad but Saturday Night Live is the worst of NBC. Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
The show’s cold open lampooned Trump on everything from his transition team’s apparent difficulty in securing musical acts and celebrities for inauguration day events, to his plan to divest himself from his businesses, to an unconfirmed, salacious report that Russia has compromising intelligence on him.
“Who is excited for my inauguration day?” Baldwin’s Trump asked to a roar of applause. “Yes, thank you to those people over there who I definitely did not pay to do that.”
When a fictitious reporter from Buzzfeed — which Trump described earlier this week as “a failing pile of garbage” for publishing the contents of the report — asked a question, Baldwin’s Trump echoed the comment, adding, “I took your test yesterday and I’m a Joey, not a Rachel!” referring to an online “Which Character from Friends Are You?” quiz.
Asked by a reporter, played by cast member Sasheer Zamata, how he planned to repeal and replace Obamacare, Baldwin’s Trump said, “I actually do have a replacement plan, okay? I just read about it this week. It’s a terrific plan. Just great. It’s called the Affordable Care Act.” The Affordable Care Act is, of course, the legislative name for Obamacare.
When Zamata said that repealing Obamacare meant that people could die, Baldwin replied, “Listen, sweetheart, I’m about to be president, we’re all going to die.”
The cold open also poked fun at Trump’s sons Donald Jr. and Eric, played by SNL‘s Mikey Day and Alex Moffat, respectively. “I’ve turned over all my businesses to my sons,” joked Baldwin’s Trump. “Look at those two little American Psychos,” referencing Bret Easton Ellis’ killer yuppie novel-turned film.
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