President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE found "Saturday Night Live" star Kate McKinnon's impression of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE "insulting," according to a new report.

Trump advisers told The Washington Post that Trump has been turned off by the way Sessions is portrayed on "SNL."

A senior White House official told the Post that Trump thinks the impression is "insulting."

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McKinnon has impersonated Sessions on "SNL" over the last year.

In November the show mocked the attorney general for repeatedly saying "I do not recall" during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, with McKinnon leading the audience in a "I do not recall" call and response.

Sessions was an early Trump supporter, but the president's relationship with Sessions has reportedly been strained over the attorney general's decision last year to recuse himself from the Russia probe, a move that helped set the stage for the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE.

According to the Post, Sessions has told his allies that he hopes media coverage of recent moves by the Justice Department will impress Trump.

He has reportedly requested that White House officials ensure Trump is aware of Sessions's moves and has made it a priority for the Justice Department to investigate subjects the president has discussed publicly.

Trump has in the past reportedly taken issue with Melissa McCarthy's impression of former White House press secretary Sean Spicer Sean Michael SpicerKellyanne Conway to leave White House at end of month Pro-Trump duo Diamond and Silk launch new program on Newsmax TV The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Supreme Court's unanimous decision on the Electoral College MORE. Politico reported last year that Trump was upset by the fact that Spicer was played by a woman.

Trump has also frequently railed against the show on Twitter.