In a sketch based on It’s a Wonderful Life, Baldwin’s Donald Trump visits a reality in which he was never elected.
Apparently, progressives aren’t the only ones trying to imagine a world where Trump isn’t president.
In a Saturday Night Live cold open based on It’s a Wonderful Life, Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump and Keenan Thompson’s angel visit a reality in which Trump was never elected president, attending a holiday party full of returning cameos: Ben Stiller’s Michael Cohen, Matt Damon’s Brett Kavanaugh, and Robert De Niro’s Robert Mueller.
”Wow, everyone looks so different. What are those things on their faces?” Baldwin asked.
“Those are called smiles,” Thompson replied.
Pretty much everyone in the Trump orbit seemed better off in this alternative reality. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders (Aidy Bryant) had gone into PR at Trump’s suggestion, making lots of money working for Facebook, dating site Ashley Madison, and the Romaine Lettuce Association.
People’s love lives were doing better, too. Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon) and her anti-Trump husband George were on speaking terms, and Kellyanne looked healthier, partly because “I’m no longer eaten from within by lies.
