N.L.,’ Alec Baldwin Is Trump, Bill O’Reilly and Trump (Again) -
By DAVE ITZKOFFAPRIL 9, 2017
In its first new episode in nearly a month, “Saturday Night Live” featured Alec Baldwin in a double dose of topical comedy, first in the show’s cold open,
portraying President Trump as he typically does, then later reprising the role in a sketch where he also played the embattled Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.
At the start of his broadcast, Mr. Baldwin said he would at last address “the scandal everyone’s been talking about all week, a scandal no one thought I’d have the guts to address head-on, about the shocking allegations of abuse of power —
that have been leveled against the Obama administration.”
After attempting to interview a reporter, and being informed that she no longer works for the company, Mr. Baldwin said, “Did she get the check?”
Speaking to the reporter Malia Zimmerman (played by the “S.
“Sometimes they’ll do that.”
Mr. Baldwin then thanked the advertisers who had remained with his program, including products called Dog Cocaine
and Eliquis, which he described as “Cialis for horses.”
In split-screen, Mr. Baldwin, now as Mr. Trump, said that he continued to stand by Mr. O’Reilly.
Well, what a difference just 59 Tomahawk missiles can make.”
Fielding a question from a supporter who said he had lost his coal-mining job, Mr. Baldwin answered, “As president,
I promise, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure you people work in coal for the rest of your lives.