Alec Baldwin returns as Donald Trump on SNL's 'Weekend Update'

Saying goodbye to Steve Bannon.
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Keith Wagstaff
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Donald Trump is back.

Alec Baldwin reprised his role as the president on SNL's Weekend Update: Summer Edition on Thursday, where he said goodbye to his very special friend, Steve Bannon.

"Steve is going onto Breitbart where he'll be fighting the good fight against globalist cucks like my son-in-law Jared."

Baldwin started out with an eclipse joke, then moved onto Trump's Charlottesville remarks, Afghanistan, and the wall Mexico won't pay for.

We missed you, Alec. I'm sure Trump will give Saturday Night Live plenty of material when the show returns for its 43rd season on Sept. 30, starring Ryan Gosling and Jay-Z.

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Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.

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