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# Alec Baldwin Is '1,000 Percent' Sure He'd Win if He Ran for President in 2020

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## Derek Lawrence / Entertainment Weekly


Jun 12, 2018 2:02 PM UTC

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Louis C.K." Episode 1721 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump during the "Trump People's Cold Open" on April 8, 2017 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Louis C.K." Episode 1721 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump during the "Trump People's Cold Open" on April 8, 2017 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

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## Derek Lawrence / Entertainment Weekly


Jun 12, 2018 2:02 PM UTC

Could Alec Baldwin go from impersonating the president to becoming the president? He sure seems to think so.

Speaking with Howard Stern on Monday, the actor, who won an Emmy for his _Saturday Night Live_ portrayal of Donald Trump, said that he thinks there are a couple people who could beat the president in 2020\. Stern had one specific name in mind: Baldwin.

“If I ran, I would win,” responded Baldwin. “I would absolutely win. I would 1,000 percent win.”

So why not run? “I’ve gotta do _Match Game_,” he joked of his ABC game show. And after using his Trump voice to say he would take all summer off as president, Baldwin once again asserted his strong candidacy. “If I ran for president, I would win,” he claimed. “It would be the funniest, most exciting, most crazy campaign.”

Watch the full video above.

_This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/news/2018/06/12/alec-baldwin-president-win-howard-stern/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com)

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