Alec Baldwin will spoof Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live

By Staff The Associated Press

Posted September 28, 2016 6:45 pm

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Alec Baldwin watches the first round Men's Singles match between Novak Djokovic of Serbia & Montenegro and Jerzy Janowicz of Poland on Day One of the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2016 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Elsa/Getty Images

NEW YORK – Saturday Night Live has made a YUGE decision: It has chosen Alec Baldwin to impersonate GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

NBC announced this deal Wednesday with a promo on social media, just days before SNL begins its 42nd season and little more than a month before voters choose between Trump and his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.

The night we’ve all been waiting for. #SNLPremiere pic.twitter.com/WiY1jLpop5
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) September 28, 2016

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Baldwin, a veteran SNL guest host, will debut his Trump impression opposite cast member Kate McKinnon’s continuing turn as Clinton. Trump had previously been played by announcer Darrell Hammond and by the now-departed Taran Killam.

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Previously, SNL went over the heads of its cast to select Larry David to play former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.

WATCH: Trump channels Jon Lovitz’s SNL character ‘Tommy Flanagan’ in Clinton email rant

Saturday’s premiere features Margot Robbie as guest host, with Canadian musical guest The Weeknd. It airs at 11:30 p.m. on Global TV.

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