Baldwin’s Trump days are numbered

It’s an impersonation so biting that U.S. President Donald Trump himself has publicly, and repeatedly, criticized it, and it has helped spark a ratings revival for Saturday Night Live. But Alec Baldwin says he won’t be donning that blond wig and giant red tie much longer.

Baldwin, who first debuted his Trump impersonation in October during the general election, signalled that his time as the commander in chief will be coming to an end soon.

“The maliciousness of this White House has people very worried, which is why I’m not going to do it much longer by the way, the impersonation,” Baldwin told Extra on Monday. “I don’t know how much more people can take it, you know.”

The last time Baldwin played Trump on SNL was on Feb. 11.

If Baldwin does step down from his Trump duties, that may put NBC’s late-night comedy show in a bit of a bind. Taran Killam used to play Trump, but the show didn’t renew his contract for its 42nd season. SNL veteran Darrell Hammond, who is now the show’s announcer, revived his nearly 20-year-old impersonation of the Republican in 2015. The Washington Post