Alec Baldwin portrayed President-elect Trump’s nominee to guide the Division of Well being and Human Companies (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., within the newest “Saturday Night time Dwell” episode this weekend.
The chilly open, set in what appeared just like the Oval Workplace, portrayed this previous week’s assembly between President Biden, performed by Dana Carvey, and President-elect Trump, performed by James Austin Johnson.
The sketch poked enjoyable at a few of Trump’s controversial nominees. In the course of the fictionalized assembly, Baldwin, as Kennedy, interrupted the assembly between the 2 presidents.
“Hey, I don’t imply to interrupt you,” Baldwin, as Kennedy, stated to viewers applause. “I simply wished to inform you once more I’m so honored to be the pinnacle of the Well being and Human Companies Division.
“People want somebody to show them how you can be wholesome, somebody like me: a 70-year-old man with movie-star appears and a worm in his mind,” Baldwin added, in a nod to the parasite that Kennedy has stated medical doctors instructed him ate a part of his mind in 2010.
“Bobby, I like ya. I can’t wait to see what you do with this nation, by way of well being and with regard to measles outbreak,” Johnson, as Trump, responded.
Mocking Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism, Baldwin continued, in character: “I care deeply a few girl’s proper to decide on — to decide on to offer her youngster polio. I simply want individuals would take my appointment extra severely. Alright, I acquired to go. I acquired a lifeless dolphin in my automobile. I believe I would noticed it in half and dump it in Central Park. I’ll let you know the way it goes. Thanks for the job, man.”
Baldwin has performed different political figures on the present, most notably portraying Trump for years. He additionally just lately portrayed Fox Information journalist Bret Baier in a spoof on his interview with Vice President Harris final month.
