When you’re inundated with the ravings of an orange lunatic who is also a popular candidate to become the leader of your country, it almost seems like anything would be better than him.

Anything...? asked Will Ferrell, bringing back his iconic George W. Bush character for the cold open of Saturday Night Live this week. He took the opportunity to skewer Trump and to say that the current candidates “makes you miss me, doesn’t it?”

And of Jeb! Bush, his beloved brother, Ferrell’s Bush delivered the perfect zinger: “You’ve gotta admit, it’s a pretty good plot twist that I turned out to be the smart one.”

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