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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jack Shepherd

SNL Christmas skit starring Alec Baldwin and Matt Damon causes Trump to lash out

Donald Trump has criticised Saturday Night Live after the American sketch show lampooned the President’s administration.

The cold open – titled “It’s a Wonderful Trump” – saw Alec Baldwin’s Trump being visited by a guardian angel named Clarence, played by Kenan Thompson. 

Multiple famous actors made cameos during the sketch, including Ben Stiller as former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, Matt Damon as US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Robert De Niro as special counsel Robert Mueller.

The real Trump took to Twitter on Sunday (16 December) to criticise the show and the “one-sided” coverage on Saturday Night Live and the series’s network NBC.

“A REAL scandal is the one-sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live,” the President wrote on Twitter. 

“It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?”

Trump has previously criticised Saturday Night Live, saying the series is “no longer funny, no talent or charm. It is just a political ad for the Dems.” 

Saturday night’s episode (15 December) was hosted by Damon and saw the actor appear as David Cameron in a sketch mocking Theresa May and Brexit. 

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