--- title: How Long Will Alec Baldwin Play Trump on Saturday Night Live description: Alec Baldwin reveals the path forward for his Saturday Night Live Trump impression. canonical: https://time.com/4693362/alec-baldwin-on-trump-impression/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-07T16:21:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:41.281Z og:title: Alec Baldwin Says He Won't Play Trump on SNL for Much Longer og:description: He explains why he may retire og:url: https://time.com/4693362/alec-baldwin-on-trump-impression/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt465754231539080a/6988b9e686f68e6dac6e37a6/alec-baldwin-donald-trump.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 Says He Won't Play Trump on SNL for Much Longer twitter:description: He explains why he may retire twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt465754231539080a/6988b9e686f68e6dac6e37a6/alec-baldwin-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Alec Baldwin on His _Saturday Night Live_ Trump Impression: 'I’m Not Going to Do It Much Longer' by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 7, 2017 4:21 PM UTC  Alec Baldwin as President Donald J. Trump on Jan. 14, 2017. Alec Baldwin as President Donald J. Trump on Jan. 14, 2017.Will Heath—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 7, 2017 4:21 PM UTC President [Donald Trump ](http://time.com/4669465/newspaper-mistakes-alec-baldwin-for-trump/?iid=sr-link4)may soon have one less thing to [keep him up](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/800329364986626048) at night—[Alec Baldwin](http://time.com/4634959/alec-baldwin-on-trump-interview/?iid=sr-link8) may stop playing him on _Saturday Night Live_. [Baldwin](http://time.com/4563022/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-snl-impression/?iid=sr-link6), who has frequently raised the president’s ire and ended up on the receiving end of some of the president’s [tweets](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/820764134857969666), said that he probably won’t continue the role much longer. In an [interview with Extra](http://extratv.com/2017/03/06/alec-baldwin-might-not-play-trump-on-snl-much-longer/), Baldwin said he might retire from his impersonation of the president, not because he was over-worked or wanted to [work on his new book](http://time.com/4686940/alec-baldwin-and-kurt-andersen-are-writing-a-book-satirizing-trump/?iid=sr-link2), but out of concern for the well-being of viewers. “The maliciousness of this White House has people worried… that’s why I’m not going to do it much longer, the impersonation, I don’t know how much more people can take it,” Baldwin said. That said, the actor is game to continue his impersonation of Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner —if they ask him. “If they wanted me to do it, I would probably do it, but I’m not quite sure they’ll do. I think they may have a whole other idea,” Baldwin told Extra, adding, “I think a lot of people are thinking if Trump himself doesn’t come and face the music as it were… I don’t know what kind of program they’re going to have.” It’s equally hard to imagine what kind of show _SNL_ would have without [Baldwin](http://time.com/4688341/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-saturday-night-live/?iid=sr-link10) as the commander in chief. Perhaps Kate McKinnon can play Jeff Sessions, [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4569018/saturday-night-live-hillary-clinton-kate-mckinnon-hallelujah/?iid=sr-link2), _and_ Donald Trump? \[[Extra](http://extratv.com/2017/03/06/alec-baldwin-might-not-play-trump-on-snl-much-longer/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4693362/alec-baldwin-on-trump-impression/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4693362/alec-baldwin-on-trump-impression/"},"headline":"Alec Baldwin on His Saturday Night Live Trump Impression: 'I’m Not Going to Do It Much Longer'","datePublished":"2017-03-07T16:21:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:41.281Z","description":"Say it ain't so!","url":"https://time.com/4693362/alec-baldwin-on-trump-impression/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Saturday Night Live","Alec Baldwin","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt465754231539080a/6988b9e686f68e6dac6e37a6/alec-baldwin-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt465754231539080a/6988b9e686f68e6dac6e37a6/alec-baldwin-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","caption":"Saturday Night LSATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- \"Felicity Jones\" Episode 1715 -- Pictured: Alec Baldwin as President Elect Donald J. 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