Alec Baldwin has been brought in to play Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live this season, it was announced Wednesday.
SNL's Lorne Michaels made the decision to cast someone outside of the primary cast, and who better to play the Republican presidential nominee than Baldwin, who has hosted the show a record 16 times. The arrangement is similar to how Larry David played Bernie Sanders last year.
Darrell Hammond played Trump on SNL last season, and before that it was Taran Killam, who is not returning to the sketch show. Hammond will be back in his capacity as the show's announcer -- and, presumably, continue to occasionally cameo as his much-loved Bill Clinton.
Watch the teaser above, which pits Baldwin's Trump against Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton.
SNL returns to NBC on Oct. 1 with host Margot Robbie and musical guest The Weeknd joining several new cast members and writers.
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