Melissa McCarthy's barnstorming portrayal of Sean Spicer has left President Trump deeply unimpressed, according to sources.

The president is apparently furious that Saturday Night Live had a woman play the press secretary and feels that it makes him look feeble.

Indeed, the president has been uncharacteristically silent about this weekend's show, having repeatedly attacked it in the past on Twitter for Alec Baldwin's impression of him.

According to insiders, this is a sign of how uncomfortable Trump is with the merciless lampooning of Spicer by McCarthy who played him as unhinged and easily rattled.

And according to Politico, White House insiders have said they worry now for Spicer's 'longevity' in the image conscious world of the Trump White House.

'Trump doesn't like his people to look weak,' added a top Trump donor.

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The night's show featured a skit by Melissa McCarthy in which she played a belligerent Sean Spicer

Spicer (right), Trump's White House Press Secretary, was lampooned as someone who makes up facts and gets easily rattled by the press

Following the episode, the President was surprisingly absent from Twitter, where he usually mocks the show, calling it 'unfunny' or 'unoriginal'.

'You're fired': A donor told Politico: 'Trump doesn't like his people to look weak'

Spicer has, for weeks, been trying to repair his first impression behind the podium as Press Secretary, and find the right balance between representing an administration that considers the media to be the opposition, but also developing a functional relationship with the press.

He is still clouded by his first impression as Press Secretary, in which he made false statements about the size of the crowd at Trump's inauguration and refused to take questions.

Senior White House officials Kellyanne Conway and Hope Hicks still attend the daily briefings and sit on the side to watch him, which signals that the administration may think their pick still needs some supervision, reported Politico.

He said in a phone interview on Monday that it doesn't really matter what he thinks about the skit, and that: 'I would much rather have the focus be on the president's agenda and the success he's having.'

Insiders say he was not the first choice for the job.

However, he has taken on the role seriously, and has added difficulty of doing two jobs at once while the administration seeks to fill his former job as communications director, according to Politico.

He said in a phone interview on Monday that it doesn't really matter what he thinks about the skit, and that: 'I would much rather have the focus be on the president's agenda and the success he's having'