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Videos
Here’s the cold open from tonight’s Saturday Night Live UK – featuring an appearance from the comic who plays Donald Trump on the US original.
The sketch is set when Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcomed President Zelensky to Downing Street this week to reaffirm Britain's support for Ukraine.
But they're interrupted by President Trump, as portrayed by James Austin Johnson, in an SNL universe crossover moment…
America's President Trump pops into Saturday Night Live UK
...ie the actor who plays him on the US original
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