N.L.,’ Alec Baldwin Is Trump, Bill O’Reilly and Trump (Again) -<br />By DAVE ITZKOFFAPRIL 9, 2017<br />In its first new episode in nearly a month, “Saturday Night Live” featured Alec Baldwin in a double dose of topical comedy, first in the show’s cold open,<br />portraying President Trump as he typically does, then later reprising the role in a sketch where he also played the embattled Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.<br />At the start of his broadcast, Mr. Baldwin said he would at last address “the scandal everyone’s been talking about all week, a scandal no one thought I’d have the guts to address head-on, about the shocking allegations of abuse of power —<br />that have been leveled against the Obama administration.”<br />After attempting to interview a reporter, and being informed that she no longer works for the company, Mr. Baldwin said, “Did she get the check?”<br />Speaking to the reporter Malia Zimmerman (played by the “S.<br />“Sometimes they’ll do that.”<br />Mr. Baldwin then thanked the advertisers who had remained with his program, including products called Dog Cocaine<br />and Eliquis, which he described as “Cialis for horses.”<br />In split-screen, Mr. Baldwin, now as Mr. Trump, said that he continued to stand by Mr. O’Reilly.<br />Well, what a difference just 59 Tomahawk missiles can make.”<br />Fielding a question from a supporter who said he had lost his coal-mining job, Mr. Baldwin answered, “As president,<br />I promise, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure you people work in coal for the rest of your lives.
