Palin, on ‘SNL 40,’ floats ’16 bid with Trump

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) returned to “Saturday Night Live,” which famously satirized her 2008 GOP vice presidential run, on Sunday night to joke about how the show would benefit from her launching a 2016 White House bid.

Palin was one of scores of boldface names to attend “SNL’s” 40th anniversary episode — which reunited cast members and hosts from the storied comedy show’s history.

While taking questions from the audience, comedian Jerry Seinfeld called on Palin.

{mosads}”Yes, Tina?” he said, referring to Tina Fey, who did the impression of Palin.

“Uh, no, it’s Sarah,” she said, to applause. “I’m just curious, Jerry, how much do you think [producer] Lorne Michaels would pay me if I were to run in 2016?”

“I don’t think there’s a number too big,” he said.

She went on, “OK, just hypothetically, what if I were to choose Donald Trump as my running mate?”

“Sarah, you’re teasing us,” Seinfeld replied. “That’s not nice.”

Palin said earlier this year that she was interested in a presidential run but is not seen as making active preparations for a campaign.

Despite her fading role within the GOP, the impression of Palin became an indelible part of pop culture, though she has occasionally expressed dissatisfaction with the way she was portrayed on the show.

“You need to at least pay for my kids’ braces or something from all the money that you made off of pretending that you’re me! My goodness, you capitalized on that,” she said she would tell Fey, in comments in a new edition of a book about “SNL” released last year.