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Despite Donald Trump lampooning his Saturday Night Live impression on multiple occasions, Alec Baldwin once again opened the comedy show by mocking the President-elect.
Joined by Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway, it wasn’t long before the pair discussed cabinet nominee Rick Perry (“I saw him on Dancing With the Stars . This guy has so much energy, it’s just unpresidented!”) and inauguration plans.
Moments into the sketch, a shirtless Vladimir Putin, played by Beck Bennett, fell down the chimney, telling Trump “We think you are the best candidate, the smartest candidate, the Manchurian candidate” while offering him a “Shelf-Elf” as a ‘present’.
Donald Trump's most controversial quotesShow all 14 1 /14Donald Trump's most controversial quotes Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On Isis: "Some of the candidates, they went in and didn’t know the air conditioner didn’t work and sweated like dogs, and they didn’t know the room was too big because they didn’t have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS?"
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On immigration: "I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me —and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On Free Trade: "Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On Mexicans: "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On China: "I just sold an apartment for $15 million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them?... I love China. The biggest bank in the world is from China. You know where their United States headquarters is located? In this building, in Trump Tower."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On work: "If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On success: "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate."
Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On life: "Everything in life is luck."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On ambition: "You have to think anyway, so why not think big?"
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On his opponents: "Bush is totally in favour of Common Core. I don't see how he can possibly get the nomination. He's weak on immigration. He's in favour of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can't do it."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On Obamacare: "You have to be hit by a tractor, literally, a tractor, to use it, because the deductibles are so high. It's virtually useless. And remember the $5 billion web site?... I have so many web sites, I have them all over the place. I hire people, they do a web site. It costs me $3."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On Barack Obama: "Obama is going to be out playing golf. He might be on one of my courses. I would invite him. I have the best courses in the world. I have one right next to the White House."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On himself: "Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money."
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Donald Trump's most controversial quotes On America: "The American Dream is dead. But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make America great again."
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The big surprise came when John Goodman, who recently starred in 10 Cloverfield Lane , entered as Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, Trump’s Secretary of State pick.
Upon seeing Putin, the friendly pair began discussing where to start drilling for oil, all while Baldwin’s Trump questions how they will take down Vanity Fair . Watch the hilarious cold opening below.
Also during the episode, McKinnon mocked Hilary Clinton with a spoof of Love Actually , which you can watch here . Last week, Saturday Night Live brought in Bryan Cranston to mock Trump’s cabinet choices , having the actor reprise his role as Walter White from Breaking Bad.
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