Lorne Michaels felt he needed a more aggressive Donald Trump impersonation, felling that Darrell Hammond's version reflected the Reality Show version of Trump. Tina Fey suggested her former 30 Rock (2006) co-star Alec Baldwin.
When Darrell Hammond returned to Saturday Night Live to take over announcing duties from the late Don Pardo he also took up his roles of Donald Trump and Bill Clinton again. Hammond was quite upset when the role of Trump was taken over by Alec Baldwin. So much so that he moved back to L.A. and subsequently pre-recorded all of his opening announcements from there.
The first appearance of Alec Baldwin portraying Donald Trump. Previously, Trump has been portrayed by Taran Killam and Darrell Hammond during the 2015-16 season.