but the sketch also shows an admirable commitment to going further for a laugh than status - quo donald trump sketches , which often do rely on the fact that trump ’s incompetence and stupidity should be funny enough on their own .
what ’s falling in love !
kicking the episode off in classic snl fashion , alec baldwin reprised his role as trump – the real - life version of whom is on his first trip to asia as president , the late night version of whom snuck off to check on his old buddy manafort ( alex moffat ) after his no good very bad week .
melania is happy with the ( very ) fake lookalike baldwin ’s trump sent along in his stead .
saturday night live ’s best political work of late—“through donald trump ’s eyes , ” “ kellywise”—is the stuff that acknowledges up front that larry david ’s monologue on this weekend ’s saturday night live was pretty , pretty , pretty — well , not great , according to some people .
to make absolutely sure manafort is n’t wearing a wire , trump insisted the pair pop in the shower together , as one does .
’ ” although many twitter users were not fans of david ’s performance as sarah huckabee sanders singlehandedly saved the day .
“ what an idiot that harvey weinstein is ; he could ’ ve gotten away with all of it if only he ’d gotten himself elected president , ” baldwin said to a chorus of audience groans .