Saturday Night Live opened its third at-home episode and season finale with a high school graduation ceremony for the class of 2020, held virtually with the cast members on Zoom because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A fictional Principal O’Grady played by cast member Kate McKinnon said she tried to get the graduating class’ first choice for keynote speaker, but that fell through.
And that’s how U.S. President Donald Trump, played by Alec Baldwin from his home, ends up in their virtual ceremony. “Congratulations to the class of COVID-19,” he jokes while dressed in a red Make America Great Again hat.
Only one student, wearing a MAGA grad cap, welcomes him with a clap when he appears on screen as Trump. Baldwin-as-Trump tells the wary students