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See the Best of Kate McKinnon’s Hilarious Angela Merkel Impression

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Hoping to get more familiar with TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year, Angela Merkel? Well, here’s one crucial thing to know about her: she occasionally appears on Saturday Night Live, played by the brilliant Kate McKinnon.

McKinnon introduced her impression — which is hilarious and over-the-top but still sort of believable — two years ago in an appearance on the “Weekend Update” segment. She has returned just a few times since then, but we’re hoping she’ll be invited back soon to discuss her new status as Person of the Year.

Watch clips of McKinnon’s impressions below.

On NSA snooping

In November, 2013, ‘Merkel’ shared her deepest, darkest fears about the NSA’s wiretapping. Would Obama somehow see her embarrassing texts to her ex? Or worse — would the entire world learn that she’d been Googling things like ‘Angela Merkel lame,’ ‘Angela Merkel boxy’ and ‘Is toe hair normal?’

On Putin and diplomacy

In April, 2014, Merkel returned to the Weekend Update desk, where she discussed how stressful her job can be. “Once again, everything has fallen to me. It’s always, ‘Angela, make peace with Russia. Angela, lend Greece 5 billion dollars. Angela, hold Spain’s hair back while it pukes.”

On the G-20 Summit and her crush on Barack Obama

In November, 2014, Merkel complained about Putin, gushed about Obama and then let loose with some fun dance moves and inappropriate remarks.

Read More: TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year Is Angela Merkel

See Vintage Photos of a Young Angela Merkel

Angela Kasner, at age one and a half.
Angela Kasner, at age one and a half.Ossenbrink Media/Sygma/Corbis
Angela Kasner as a child with a stroller.
Merkel as a child with a toy stroller.Laurence Chaperon
Angela Kasner at age 3.
Angela Kasner at age 3.Ossenbrink Media/Sygma/Corbis
Angela Kasner prepares a meal on a campfire while camping with friends in Himmelpfort, German Democratic Republic in July 1973.
Angela Kasner prepares a meal on a campfire while camping with friends in Himmelpfort, German Democratic Republic in July 1973. Glaescher/laif/Redux
Angela Kasner plays volleyball during a school outing in Wandlitz near Berlin in 1972.
Angela Kasner plays volleyball during a school outing in Wandlitz near Berlin in 1972.Glaescher/laif/Redux
Angela Kasner (center, second row) in a class photo from 1971 of the 10th class of the Advanced High School (EOS) in Templin, Germany.
Angela Kasner (center, second row) in a class photo from 1971 of the Advanced High School (EOS) in Templin, Germany.Hannes Jung/laif/Redux
Angela Kasner with friends at a party on New Year's Eve in 1972.
Angela Kasner, 18, with friends at a New Year's Eve party in Berlin in 1972.Glaescher/laif/Redux
Angela Kasner dances with a young man at a New Year's Eve party in Berlin in 1972.
Angela Kasner dances with a young man at a New Year's Eve party in Berlin in 1972.Glaescher/laif/Redux
Angela Kasner with a friend at a New Year's Eve party in Berlin in 1972.
Angela Kasner with a friend at a New Year's Eve party in Berlin in 1972.Glaescher/laif/Redux

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