Alec Baldwin makes ‘yuge’ debut as Donald Trump on ‘SNL’

Published October 2, 2016 4:48am ET



Alec Baldwin donned a hairpiece to make a “yuge” debut appearance as Donald Trump during Saturday Night Live‘s 42nd season premiere.

The cold open parodied Monday’s first presidential debate, beginning with Lester Holt, played by Michael Che, introducing the candidates. Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton entered with a cough and a cane, before pulling a “Willy Wonka” and somersaulting onto the stage with her signature wide-eyed smile. Baldwin’s Trump, aided with a pout and an immaculate fake tan, introduced himself with the promise that he would “be so calm, so presidential that all of you watching are going to cream their jeans.”

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