In light of the image that ran next to an article titled "Trump says Israeli settlements aren't favorable for peace," the social media sphere ran amok with plausibly as many laughs as were garnered by Baldwin in his amusingly spot-on imitation of Trump on SNL.El Nacional then took to the newspaper's website and Twitter to issue a clarification acknowledging the doppelgänger double-take mix-up.Whoops! A Newspaper Used A Picture Of Alec Baldwin In "SNL" Instead Of President Donald Trump https://t.co/I6qEt0Cf0O pic.twitter.com/nZn0ki8hMG
— AliciaMelville-Smith (@alicia_ms) February 11, 2017
The paper's apology to readers and "all those who felt affected by the publication" included notably similar-looking photographs of Baldwin in costume and Trump."The photograph was sent that day by the Associated Press (AP) with the name of the actor and information about the program (SNL), but was used as if it were one of Trump, the situation occurred inadvertently," the paper stated.El Nacional publicó el viernes como de Donald Trump una fotografía del actor Alec Baldwin... https://t.co/G9GVe97P13 pic.twitter.com/cJikHcUcde
— ElNacional (@ElNacional_RD) February 11, 2017