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Newspaper Runs Photo Of Alec Baldwin Instead Of Donald Trump

Newspaper Runs Photo Of Alec Baldwin Instead Of Donald Trump
Sebastian Murdock
A screenshot from the digital version of El Nacional newspaper's Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 edition, showing a photo of Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump alongside a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
El Nacional
A screenshot from the digital version of El Nacional newspaper's Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 edition, showing a photo of Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump alongside a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Alec Baldwin has won praise for playing President Donald Trump.

And it turns out he's so convincing, a Dominican Republic newspaper ran a photo of the actor portraying Trump instead of the president. The article discussed Trump's stance on Israeli settlements, according to Haaretz.

El Nacional issued a correction shortly after the Friday gaffe, but not before it had circulated all over the internet:

Baldwin has been playing Trump regularly on "Saturday Night Live," much to the president's annoyance.