‘Saturday Night Live’ jumps right back into politics in season premiere
It remains to be seen if this grouping of comedians will retain their roles as various politicians.
The 45th season of “Saturday Night Live’’ kicked off this weekend and jumped right back in to the political news cycle, addressing impeachment, the scandals of the Trump presidency, and the Democratic presidential primary during the season premiere.
The episode opened with “SNL’’ alumnus Alec Baldwin again appearing as President Trump, who was commiserating with various allies about the pending impeachment inquiry into his phone calls with the president of Ukraine and other foreign leaders.
Baldwin’s Trump spoke with Rudy Giuliani (played by Kate McKinnon), William Barr (Aidy Bryant), Mike Pence (Beck Bennett), and even called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (“SNL’’ newcomer Bowen Yang).
He appeared stressed, telling Barr he needed “somebody to take the blame’’ and checking with Donald Trump Jr. (played by Mikey Day) to make sure he had “taken care of that thing’’ in Russia.
