Alec Baldwin Says He’ll Stop Mocking Trump When He Releases Tax Returns
President-Elect Again Attacks SNL On Twitter
Just tried watching Saturday Night Live – unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can’t get any worse. Sad
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2016
For the third time in six weeks, Donald Trump blasted Saturday Night Live on Twitter early Sunday (above), calling it “unwatchable” and saying actor Alec Baldwin’s portrayal of him “just can’t get any worse.”Â
Trump was responding to SNL‘s “Cold Open,” which mocked Trump’s Twitter habits by featuring Baldwin as the president-elect focused on retweeting random people instead of paying attention to one of the intelligence briefings that he’s actually been skipping entirely. Â
Kate Mckinnon, playing Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, explained during the sketch that the reason the president-elect tweets so much is to “distract the media from his business conflicts and all the very scary people in his cabinet.â€
“Actually, that’s not why I do it,” Baldwin as Trump replies. “I do it because my brain is bad.â€Â
Later in the sketch, Baldwin as Trump pledges to “build that swamp” — a combination of campaign slogans “drain the swamp” and “build the wall” that more closely mirrors what he’s actually done since winning the election.Â
When advisers warn the president-elect about situations in Pakistan, North Korea and Iran, Baldwin as Trump asks whether he should call or text them, or send them some of daughter Ivanka’s shoes. On Friday, Trump had an unprecedented phone call with Taiwan’s leader that threatens to cause a major rift between the US and China. The sketch also featured the Grim Reaper as Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon.Â
Release your tax returns and I’ll stop.
Ha— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 4, 2016
In response to Trump’s tweet, Baldwin took to Twitter himself (above) and said he’d stop impersonating the president-elect when he releases his tax returns — which probably means never.Â
Watch the sketch and check out reactions from Twitter below.Â
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI3g_laToxE
“Unwatchable” Show Watched With Regularity pic.twitter.com/7f3rGxg51y
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) December 4, 2016
Fake Trump responds to real Trump. https://t.co/x1cld1eDzD
— Frank Pallotta (@frankpallotta) December 4, 2016
The president-elect of the United States is on Twitter after midnight complaining about a late night comedy caricature of himself. https://t.co/bS72jyuv6g
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 4, 2016
Maybe if they slip the Intel briefings into a skit… https://t.co/4Ol2H6e2xG
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) December 4, 2016
Ran out of characters for the !. Sad. pic.twitter.com/qw0jUWY8V2
— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 4, 2016
Time is precious. For better or worse, @realDonaldTrump is giving America an unfiltered window into how he spends his. https://t.co/Dz0Unc0zkc
— Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) December 4, 2016
You forgot “All of the above.” https://t.co/5uZ56Eflfj
— Elaine (((Clisham))) (@eclisham) December 4, 2016
Trump cares what the establishment thinks of him. NYT, CNN, SNL. That’s his weakness, use it. https://t.co/6b7JKjgRz4
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) December 4, 2016

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