If you’ll remember, at that point on the election campaign trail, not many on either side of the political aisle believed he would do that, either.
Despite that, President Trump defied the odds and not only took the election, but also declined an invite from SNL following his win.
The writers also reminisced on the controversy and criticism NBC received over having a political candidate on the campaign trail as host of their program.
Saturday Night Live writer Tim Herlihy mentions that while it was unprecedented for the show to do such a thing, no one on the program believed President Trump would actually secure the Republican nomination at the time.