SNL once again took on Donald Trump, with Alec Baldwin doing his spot on — and withering — portrayal of the President-elect. This time the supremely-well-written cold opening featured on Trump being obsessed with Twitter, even from a Tweet from a high school, and unable to focus on work. And, of course, his always-spinning campaign manager defending him.
Trump made it clear — on Twitter — that he was unhappy. And Baldwin answered in a Tweet that is one for the ages.
Here’s the sketch:
Trump was not amused. He (ironically) tweeted:
Just tried watching Saturday Night Live – unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse. Sad
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2016
Baldwin’s reply?
Release your tax returns and I'll stop.
Ha— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) December 4, 2016
If Donald Trump, now having been elected to the highest office in the land, is actually upset about SNL (assuming here he doesn’t have another reason such as real distraction or keeping his name in the newes) then no one can say we haven’t been warned if his skin thinned nature and reaction (unbefitting a President) to a comedy show portends more serious lashing out at other parts of the media he doesn’t like.
Or perhaps Sean Hannity will create a comedy show to counter SNL. No, nothing is beyond the realm of possibility.
Wait: Hannity already has a comedy show.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.