On 'SNL,' Will Ferrell's George W. Bush explains why he was worse than Trump

Will Ferrell returned to host "SNL" after a six-year gap, again playing former president George W. Bush and broadcasting on Twitch from an Oval Office set in his basement.

"It is I, George W. Bush," Ferrell said as he started the cold open. "As you might remember, the 'W' stands for 'Wazzup!'"

"I'm getting my MFA from the University of Pheonix online," Ferrell's Bush continued as he talked about his oil painting hobby. "Yeah, it's paying off big time."

Bush then went on to address the current president.

In comparing himself to Trump, Ferrell's Bush had a message for America.

"I dunno if you've seen the news, but my approval rating is at an all-time high," Bush said. "Yeah, Donny Q. Trump came in and I've been looking pretty sweet by comparison. At this rate I might end up on Mt. Rushmore. Right next to Washington, Lincoln, and I wanna say Kensington?"

He added: "I just want to address my fellow Americans tonight and remind you guys ... that I was really bad. I was historically not good," he said.

"At least the stock market is doing well now. Did you ever see a graph of the stock market during my presidency? It's the only graph that comes its own slide whistle sound effect.

"Now I'm no economer, but even I know that was no bueno. And you wanna compare VPs for a sec? If you knew half the stuff ol' Chenney was up to, you'd take 'no cake for gays' in a heartbeat. People say Mike Pence is heartless, but Dick Cheney was literally heartless. At this point it's just LEGOs in there."

Ferrell's Bush then compared his controversial election win against Al Gore to Trump's win against Hillary Clinton.

"I'm not a Trump synthesizer or anything, but we have a lot in common," Bush said. "We're the same age, even though I was president like 40 years ago. We both won the presidency even though we lost the popular vote. But we didn't use Russian interference. In my day, we used the Supreme Court like Americans."

The sketch ended with Condoleezza Rice, played by Leslie Jones, showing up to watch a movie with Bush. The the pair launched into a duet riffing on the theme song from "All in the Family."

"Nazis kept it to themselves," Bush echoed.

"Bin Laden was a live and well," they sang together. "Those were the days!"

You can watch the entire sketch here: