Fred Armisen returns to SNL as Trump's new pal Erdogan

Fred Armisen and Alec Baldwin.
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Alec Baldwin was back at it again Saturday evening, portraying President Trump during the cold open on Saturday Night Live.

In this week's episode, Baldwin's Trump was holding a rally in "Albacore," — er, Albuquerque — New Mexico where he was joined on stage by a series of overly enthusiastic local supporters. Eventually, some more recognizable faces appeared next to Trump, including Kate McKinnon's Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Alex Moffat's Mark Zuckerburg, while Pete Davidson played a very happy member of the Islamic State who couldn't wait to thank Baldwin's Trump for freeing him from prison in Syria.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.