LR: John Goodman as Rex Tillerson, Beck Bennett as Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump; Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Alec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live this weekend to reprise his role as Donald Trump — and this time, he poked fun at the president-elect’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump’s cabinet picks, his misspelled tweets, and the refusal by some musicians to perform at his inauguration.
The cold open begins with Baldwin’s Trump and SNL cast member Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway at Trump Tower discussing former Texas governor Rick Perry, who’s Trump’s pick for energy secretary.
Asks Baldwin’s Trump, “Wasn’t that a great choice? I saw him on Dancing with the Stars.” Then in a nod to a tweet Trump wrote Saturday morning that misspelled the “unprecedented,” Baldwin’s Trump adds, “This guy has so much energy. Un-president-ed.”
McKinnon’s Conway then hands Baldwin’s Trump a tiny piece of paper, supposedly a list of singers willing to perform at the inauguration — a jab at the reported refusal by some musicians to perform at the inauguration.
Trump’s wife, Melania — played by cast member Cecily Strong — enters the room, and they’re jolted by a sound coming from the chimney, which turns out to be cast member Beck Bennet as a shirtless Putin.
Soon after, they get another visitor — surprise guest John Goodman, who enters the room as Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, the ExxonMobil CEO and chairman who’s friendly with Putin.
Goodman’s Tillerson greets Bennett’s Putin with the nickname “Pooty,” and they engage in a bro-like handshake and cheer.
McKinnon’s Clinton also returned in a sketch inspired by a scene from the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually. She arrives on the doorstep of an elector, played by Strong, and holds up a series of cue cards bearing messages aimed at getting the elector to not vote for Trump.
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