Alec Baldwin Goes In on Donald Trump for Spelling Gaffe in 'SNL' Teaser

Teasing his 'Saturday Night Live' return, Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to make fun of Donald Trump's spelling gaffe.

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The last time Alec Baldwin appeared on Saturday Night Live as Donald Trump, the president-elect took to Twitter to condemn the “totally one-sided” show, saying there was “nothing funny at all” about Baldwin’s winning impression. Well, it looks like Trump might want to warm up his Twitter fingers ahead of this Saturday’s episode. 

After taking a week off, Baldwin will once again appear as Trump, according to several tweets posted by the actor on Saturday. "I won't apple-agize. Tonight at 11:30. Live,” Baldwin wrote. He followed that up a minute later with a behind-the-scenes image of him in full Trump regalia, with the caption “...@snl tonight.”

The tweets come after Trump was excoriated on Twitter for misspelling the word “unprecedented” in a tweet about China, spelling it as “unpresidented” instead. It took Trump over an hour to fix the mistake, but the Twiteratti had already pounced. Baldwin’s intentional misspelling of “apologize” was an obvious dig at Trump’s apparent difficulty with spelling. 

In an earlier tweet, Baldwin compared Trump to “that biker a girl brings home.”

"DAD: You're not marrying him. GIRL: Yes I am! I LOVE WAYNE!!!!” Baldwin wrote. 

SNL has been flexible all season long by reacting to Trump’s news-making in real time, so look for the showto incorporate his latest gaffe into tonight’s cold open. How hard will they go? And how will an increasingly irritable Donald Trump react? Find out when Casey Affleck and Chance the Rapper take over Studio 8H tonight at 11:30 p.m. ET.

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