The current cast is very hit and miss, and I agree about the political humor being rather poor, although the new guy doing Trump, James Austin Johnson, is really funny.
I was all in during my high school years so the late 80’s early 90’’s cast is legendary to me. I also think the Will Ferrell era was pretty solid as well.
James Austin Johnson was the latest episode of Fly On the Wall and though I'm not familiar with his SNL Trump performances I must say his vocal intonations are uncanny. I was just listening to this episode today and I was floored.
I'm a HUGE Alec Baldwin fan, but I have to say that his Trump is one of the three most overrated things ever on this show. It's just one note caricature. But Johnson has this amazing way of capturing the sort of disjointed train of thought of the real Trump. There was one where they had the topics on the right side (like they do on ESPN) and he went down the list connecting them in a way that was both lunatic and made a sort of odd sense... just like the real Trump. It was hilarious. One of the best Presidential impressions I've heard.
Unrelated (I just don't want to make a second post)...
I'm not really an "era" guy. I like things about all eras, and there are things I don't care for in all eras. I still think Dan Ackroyd is one of the best players ever on the show. I'm a big fan of those utility type players... Ackroyd, Piscopo, Hartman, Hammond, Mikey Day... I'm a fan of impressions, so I LOVE Melissa Villasenor in the current cast. Always liked Jay Pharoah. Of the non-impression folks, Farley is legend. Mike Myers is either gold or tin; I LOVE the stuff like Sprockets, early Wayne's World (I remember the first skit and talking with my roommates in college saying "What did we just watch???"), but can take or leave stuff like Coffee Tawk. Belushi was the same way; gold or tin.
Things have a way of getting overplayed for me; things like Fernando ("You... look... MARVELOUS!") get stale for me really quickly. I also get tired very quickly when the humor is... condescending; I get Tina Fey is a real talent, but she always rubbed me as feeling "superior" in her time at SNL. Seth Meyers is the same way; I don't find him funny at all. Contrast him with Norm MacDonald, who is hilarious, ESPECIALLY when the jokes don't land. At first, I thought Colin Jost was in that Fey camp, but that's not true; he and Che are too self-deprecating for that.