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Saturday Night Live kicked off its 43rd season last night and—as usual—the writers had enough real-life material to draw from. The Emmy-winning Alec Baldwin was back as the President in the series’ cold open, and the show tried to highlight as many ridiculous Trump moments as possible since the last season ended in May. The most recent: his deplorable approach to hurricane disaster relief in Puerto Rico.

In the first few minutes of the sketch, Baldwin speaks with Puerto Rico’s mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, played by Melissa Villasenor, on the phone. While he arrogantly thinks she’s going to tell him “what a great job I’m doing,” she instead begs him for more disaster funding after the island was left without power and ravaged by Hurricane Maria.

“We want to help you, but we have to take care of America first,” Baldwin as Trump said. To which Villasenor replied, “You do know we’re a US territory, don’t you?” Baldwin’s jaw drops, he promptly hangs up, and says, “that woman was so nasty.”

Baldwin’s words, in the video below, were inspired by real-life recent Trump tweets; Cruz begged Trump to “take charge and save lives.” But Trump, both IRL and played by Baldwin, totally dismissed her cry for help. Instead, he Trump accused her of being a poor leader in a series of September 30 tweets.

Baldwin as Trump also touched on the recent NFL national anthem protests, his threats against North Korea and Kim Jung Un aka “Rocket Man”, and his tumultuous relationships with Congressman Chuck Schumer and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Given how political this season premiere was, it’s safe to say season 43 is going to be chock full of Trump moments like this one.

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