Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) glowers as Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon) speaks during a debate parody on “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 15, 2016. | NBC

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Donald Trump tweets that Alec Baldwin’s ‘SNL’ impression ‘stinks’

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Donald Trump has some choice words for “Saturday Night Live,” the satirical NBC series he has hosted twice.

The Republican presidential candidate tweeted early Sunday morning that the show’s skit depicting him this week was a “hit job.” Trump went on to write that it’s “time to retire” the show, calling it “boring and unfunny” and adding that Alec Baldwin’s portrayal of him “stinks.”

Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me.Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2016

Saturday’s show featured a send-up of the second presidential debate last held last Sunday at Washington University in St. Louis.

Baldwin, who retweeted Trump’s critique, has been playing him on “Saturday Night Live” since its 42nd season kicked off a few weeks ago, with Kate McKinnon depicting Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

Trump himself hosted episodes of “Saturday Night Live” in 2004 and last November.

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