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Donald Trump announced today that he will not be attending the White House correspondents dinner, hardly a surprise given he has banned many of them from the White House and declared the press to be, collectively, the enemy of the American people:

I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017

It did not take long for suggestions to come in via social media and from a number of sources that Alec Baldwin replace Trump at the festivities, because the only person is more Trump than Trump is Alec Baldwin:

Email from a viewer: "PLEASE, please, have Alec Baldwin invited to the White House Correspondents dinner since Trump is not going…" — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 25, 2017

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Oh pleeeeeez Alec Baldwin go as trump at Correspondents Dinner!!!! — Diane Warren (@Diane_Warren) February 25, 2017

Donald Trump may have just made the biggest mistake of his life. By snubbing the press, he has all but invited Alec Baldwin to replace him at an event of which, thanks to President Obama’s teasing, he already has few fond memories.