'SNL' Weekend Update slams Trump's coronavirus response

Donald Trump's dangerous ineptitude when it comes to this pandemic got skewered on 'Saturday Night Live.'
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'SNL' Weekend Update slams Trump's coronavirus response
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Donald Trump has botched a lot of things this month. And Saturday Night Live Weekend Update did a great job of highlighting just how bad his response to the coronavirus pandemic has been.

Alec Baldwin reprises his role as the president, saying that he's happy to report that the country is number one in the world for coronavirus and every night at 7 p.m. New Yorkers clap and cheer for him. Um, not true. Baldwin taps into Trump's ridiculous (and terrifying) ineptitude.

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Nandita Raghuram

Nandita Raghuram was the Social Good editor at Mashable, covering identity, equality, and more.


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