--- title: Alec Baldwin Tells Jimmy Kimmel How He Does Donald Trump description: Alec Baldwin says that the first time he played Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, he had no idea what he was going to do. canonical: https://time.com/4688341/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-saturday-night-live/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-02T14:20:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:18.099Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Alec Baldwin Just Winged His First Donald Trump Impersonation og:description: "I had no idea what i was going to do" og:url: https://time.com/4688341/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-saturday-night-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9793286f734c67f/6988bcb497cdff614f6afae4/alec-baldwin-trump-snl-crdownload.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Saturday Night Live - Season 42 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alec Baldwin Just Winged His First Donald Trump Impersonation twitter:description: "I had no idea what i was going to do" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9793286f734c67f/6988bcb497cdff614f6afae4/alec-baldwin-trump-snl-crdownload.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I Had No Idea What I was Going to Do.' 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Alec Baldwin took his Donald Trump impression outside Saturday Night Live‘s Studio 8H at a rally protesting the president-elect’s imminent inauguration._  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Mar 2, 2017 2:20 PM UTC  Alec Baldwin plays Donald Trump during the Saturday Night Live cold open sketch in New York City, November 19, 2016 Alec Baldwin plays Donald Trump during the Saturday Night Live cold open sketch in New York City, November 19, 2016NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Mar 2, 2017 2:20 PM UTC Although [Alec Baldwin’s ](http://time.com/4686940/alec-baldwin-and-kurt-andersen-are-writing-a-book-satirizing-trump/)impersonation of President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4688228/a-gop-revolt-threatens-president-trumps-agenda/) on [_Saturday Night Live_ ](http://time.com/4669781/saturday-night-live-sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-supercut/)was an immediate viral sensation, the first time the actor played the then-presidential candidate, he had nothing prepared. “I had no idea what I was going to do,” the actor told Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday, recalling his first appearance as Trump on _Saturday Night Live_. “I mean literally the moment I walked out there, I just said to myself, ‘Eyebrow out.’” “I’m getting the wig on me and I’m sitting there the whole time going, ‘China, China,’ again and again,” he added. But Baldwin told Kimmel he’s now completely comfortable getting into Trump’s character. “You’ve got to try to think of who he is,” he said. “And I’ve said this countless times: To me, Trump was someone who, he’s always searching for a stronger, better word, and he never finds it.” Watch the clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4688341/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-saturday-night-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4688341/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-saturday-night-live/"},"headline":"'I Had No Idea What I was Going to Do.' 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