ALEC Baldwin’s hilarious impression of Donald Trump fooled a national newspaper into thinking he was actually the firebrand President.

El Nacional in the Dominican Republic was forced to apologise after running an image of the Oscar nominated actor playing Trump on Saturday Night Live (SNL).

3 The newspaper used a picture of Alec Baldwin as President Trump in an article about Israeli settlements Credit: AP:Associated Press

The publication used the picture alongside a still of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an article about settlements in the Middle Eastern country.

The Baldwin picture was supplied with information about the long-running NBC comedy show.

But the newspaper still captioned the picture telling its readers that Baldwin was the Republican President.

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El Nacional said: “No-one spotted the mistake.”

The paper apologised to its readers and “anyone affected”, reports the BBC.

Despite its popularity with viewers, President Trump is not a fan of the satirical comedy programme.

In January, the brash billionaire promptly took to Twitter to label SNL "terrible" and "really bad television".

He tweeted: "NBC News is bad, but Saturday Night Live is the worst of NBC. Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!"

3 Baldwin's impression of Trump on SNL has been a hit wit viewers Credit: NBC

3 Trump has slammed the NBC show branding it 'terrible' Credit: EPA

Trump’s secretary Sean Spicer also hit out at the show previously calling 'not funny’.

He said: “Saturday Night Live used to be funny and it’s gone from being funny to just bad.

“Those aren’t jokes, they are inappropriate, they turn off people.

“It is not funny, it is inappropriate, it shows that Saturday Night Live is going from being funny to just a left-wing hit piece.”

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