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An international newspaper accidentally ran a picture of Alec Baldwin dressed as Donald Trump, rather than the US President himself.

Dominican newspaper El Nacional apologised on Saturday after mistakenly using a photo of Baldwin from Saturday Night Live.

The photo appeared in the paper next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The photo "was placed as if it were the one of Trump," the paper wrote. "El Nacional apologises to the readers and to all those who felt affected by the publication."

Baldwin has played Trump on the NBC late-night show since the premiere of Season 42, instigating frequent comments from the president and his affiliates.

He hosted the show on Saturday for a record 17th time.

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Read a translated version of the full apology: "El Nacional published on Friday as Donald Trump a picture of actor Alec Baldwin, who imitates him on a television program the president of the United States.

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"The picture was sent that day by Associated Press (AP) with the name of the actor and informed about the program, but it was placed as if it were the one of Trump, situation that happened unnoticed for all that reviewed page 19.

"El Nacional apologizes to the readers and to all those who felt affected by the publication.

"Actor Baldwin imitates President Trump on the Saturday Night Live weekly show on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), one of the most important in the United States."