Saturday Night Live is back.
On the premiere of the 45th season of NBC's iconic sketch comedy series, Alec Baldwin returned to the trenches to portray President Trump for the episode's cold open. Unsurprisingly, the show tackled the impeachment news, as Baldwin's Trump tries to finagle his way out of the jam without much help from his friends.
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