Variety“Saturday Night Live” returned for its 43rd season after a record 22 Emmy nominations (and nine wins) on Saturday and it wasted no time getting right back down to politics with Alec Baldwin returning as President Donald Trump in the cold open.
The sketch, which was set in the Oval Office, saw Baldwin’s Trump decked out in his golfing finest as he takes a call from Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico (portrayed by Melissa Villaseñor). When she asked for help in the wake of Hurricane Maria, he responded, “We want to help you, but we have to take care of America.”
Alec Baldwin returned as President Donald Trump for the cold open of Saturday Night Live’s Season 42 premiere. The sketch kicked off with Aidy Bryant as Sarah Huckabee Sanders alongside Baldwin’s Trump in the Oval Office.
When Baldwin’s Trump answered a call from “Mayor Cruz of San Juan” asking for help in the wake of Hurricane Maria, he responded, he pointed out that she was in an island in the middle of the water. “It’s a big ocean, water, with fishies and bubbles and turtles that bite,” he said. “We want to help you, but we have to take care of America first.”
“You do know we’re a U.S. territory, don’t you?,” Villaseñor’s Cruz said. Consumed with shock, Baldwin’s Trump retorted, “I mean, I do, but not many people know that, no.”
The sketch also featured Aidy Bryant as Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kate McKinnon as Jeff Sessions, wrapping with Baldwin’s Trump ditching Sessions to grab a slice of pizza with Chuck Schumer (Alex Moffat).
Watch a clip from the “Saturday Night Live” Trump-filled cold open above .
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