Donald Trump has his day in 'The People's Court' on 'SNL'

"What do you call a lady judge?"
 By  L.A. Ross  on 
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On Saturday Night Live, Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump made good on his -- and his press secretary's -- promise to see the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in court.

More specifically, The People's Court of television fame.

Melissa McCarthy as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer assured the gathered press corps in SNL's cold open that the president would be taking the fight over his seven-nation travel ban to the most reputable televised court in the land, and the show did not disappoint.

"Mr. Trump, you understand this is a TV court, right?" asked Cecily Strong as The People's Court judge.

"That's ok, I'm a TV president," Baldwin responded in his only Trump impression reprisal of the evening.

He was as brash and sexist in his portrayal of America's 45th president as ever. "Thank you judge. Or, what do you call a lady judge? A flight attendant?" he quipped.

In an effort to gain favor, Trump called in a character witness. A member of the family, someone who knows him better than anyone else: Shirtless Vladimir Putin, of course.

"He's my little American Happy Meal," Beck Bennett said, as the ever-topless Russian president.

But the judge was having none of it, and made one simple request of Trump: "I want one day without a CNN alert that scares the hell out of me," she said.

Don't we all.

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Ariel Bogle was an associate editor with Mashable in Australia covering technology. Previously, Ariel was associate editor at Future Tense in Washington DC, an editorial initiative between Slate and New America.

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