Paper uses Baldwin photo instead of Trump

A Dominican newspaper has apologised after mistakenly using a photo of Alec Baldwin dressed as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, instead of the president.

Digitized version of Dominican Republic's El Nacional print edition

A Dominican newspaper has apologised after using a photo of Alec Baldwin dressed as Donald Trump. (AAP)

Maybe Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump impersonation is ... too good?

Dominican newspaper El Nacional has apologised after mistakenly using a photo of Baldwin dressed as Trump on Saturday Night Live, instead of president himself.

The photo appeared in the paper on Friday next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The photo "was placed as if it were the one of Trump", the paper wrote on Saturday.

"El Nacional apologies to the readers and to all those who felt affected by the publication."

Baldwin has played Trump on the NBC late-night show since the premiere of Season 42, instigating frequent comments from the president and his affiliates.

The picture was sent that day by Associated Press (AP) with the name of the actor but it was placed as if it were the one of Trump.


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Published 12 February 2017 2:06pm
Source: AAP


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