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# Alec Baldwin Is Returning as Donald Trump on the Next _Saturday Night Live_

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by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Nov 18, 2016 7:22 PM UTC

by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Nov 18, 2016 7:22 PM UTC

Alec Baldwin hasn’t mothballed that Donald Trump wig just yet.

The _30 Rock_ actor will return to impersonate the now President-elect [this Saturday](http://time.com/4569026/saturday-night-live-snl-donald-trump-review/), [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2016/scene/vpage/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-snl-lorne-michaels-1201921897/) reports. Baldwin, who presented a silly, finger-pointing caricature of the Republican nominee during sketches that tackled [the presidential debates](http://time.com/4542803/saturday-night-live-presidential-debate-3-analysis/) and his public [apology](http://time.com/4523755/donald-trump-leaked-tape-impact/) for a leaked tape featuring his lewd language toward women, says he’ll continue this character “every now and then.”

After the surprising election results, Baldwin’s squinting “Trump face” was notably absent from the latest [_Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4569026/saturday-night-live-snl-donald-trump-review/) episode. Instead, the episode opened with [Kate McKinnon’s sobering version](http://time.com/4569018/saturday-night-live-hillary-clinton-kate-mckinnon-hallelujah/) of the late Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujiah,” in character as Hillary Clinton without her opponent. Addressing this, Baldwin explained he didn’t perform because he was unavailable.

“What’s interesting is when people said to me, ‘You didn’t do it after the election,’” Baldwin told _Variety_. “I’m not available every Saturday night of my life, you know what I mean? We had other things to do.”

Baldwin will be at it again this Saturday with Kristen Wiig, who will host.

\[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2016/scene/vpage/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-snl-lorne-michaels-1201921897/)\]

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