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Everyone is talking about Alec Baldwin's spot on Donald Trump impression on SNL

Tina Fey-esque.

AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S second US Presidential debate, Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House has had a chaotic 48 hours.

After his apology for lewd comments caught on a microphone, some people were waiting to see how Saturday Night Live would handle the whole debacle.

And Alec Baldwin nailed it last night

Saturday Night Live / YouTube

With his inability to pronounce “apologise”

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People were comparing it to Tina Fey’s iconic SNL role back in ’08

Of course, Baldwin has played Trump already on SNL – but this felt like his magnum opus in the role

And some of the lines were applauded with gusto on  Twitter

The praise has been fulsome

*round of applause*

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:43 PM

    I wonder how it feels for Republicans to have to carry this to term? I’m sure they’re desperate to get rid of it.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 9:14 PM

    @Daisy Chainsaw: lol!

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:19 PM

    That tweet wasn’t from trump. Pretty weak editing.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:26 PM

    @kieran Curran: The frightening part of this is that H Clinton is being held up as the reasonable option,When will we get a none of the above option in elections.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 9:34 PM

    Suck it up folks and stop the bigotry. Just try and remark on things as they happen at face value. You’ll be much happier mind, and your friends and family would be slightly prouder too!

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    Oct 9th 2016, 10:38 PM

    Dot Com – there is a “none of the above” option in the US – in fact it’s even better than that as you can write in the name of a candidate not on the ballot. That’s exactly what a lot of republicans are planning to do.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 11:25 PM

    @Dot Com: “H Clinton is being held up as the reasonable option —”

    Compared with wannabe groper-in-chief Trump, ANYONE – even Genghis Khan’s badass brother – would be a reasonable option.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:25 PM

    Some up the piece of shit that is the daily edge using a tweet from a fake page! How in the name of christ is that site still going?

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:48 PM

    @Kirk Van Houten: The journal treat’s it’s readers like mushrooms. keeps them in the dark and feeds them @hite.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:14 PM

    It was shite. The one last week was much better.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:29 PM

    @Naberius: You’re fairly sh!te yourself.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:46 PM

    No, my grave dancing chum, I’m wonderful!

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:53 PM

    @Naberius: People here beg to differ.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:59 PM

    That’s a problem for them!

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:32 PM

    Just proves that ourselves and the Americans don’t share the same sense of humour………..

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:08 PM

    Hair is more akin to Claire Balding though

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:41 PM

    Eh… DENald J Trump?

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:01 PM

    @Daisy Chainsaw: It’s gone now.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:51 PM

    Talk to yourself much or did you forget which troll account you were logged into?

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    Oct 9th 2016, 9:20 PM

    @Point Blank: I talk to myself when I need intelligent conversation. I can’t be relying on the likes of you to provide it.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:51 PM

    Hilarious!

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    Oct 9th 2016, 8:56 PM

    Alec Baldwin who bullies his own child? That Alec Baldwin?

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    Oct 9th 2016, 9:38 PM

    @Eamonn Hughes: Republican supporter gets arrested for speeding, demands to know why the officer isn’t arresting Bill Clinton.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 7:28 PM

    Both Trump and his imitator look as if they are straining hard at stool.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 10:07 PM

    Everyone is talking about ? Really ?

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    Oct 9th 2016, 9:20 PM

    Moral of the story:
    If you’re gonna satirize someone on national TV don’t use a ham actor like Alec Baldwin.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 9:39 PM

    Don’t know what drugs you on boy but Baldwin is on fire !!!

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    Oct 9th 2016, 9:58 PM

    Daniel is Joey Wetland, and all those other trolls…

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    Oct 9th 2016, 9:59 PM

    Oooops. Westland.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 10:20 PM

    @Martin Meyler: He’s Liam Egan too. An Islamist living in Wexford.

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    Oct 9th 2016, 11:15 PM

    Daniel is Liam Egan and so are the Marlowemallow and margie Murphy accounts. When you’re gullible enough to be a member of a religious cult,it’s easy to be led by the Disneyland Donald Trump farce too,simple minds.

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    Oct 10th 2016, 1:09 PM

    How hilarious

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    Oct 9th 2016, 11:41 PM

    disgusted that Donald’s abuse deserves satire

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