It's gonna to be a huge year for satirical comedy. Many people are saying it's going to be the funniest year in history. Huge!

Donald Trump is the comedy writing gift that will keep on giving, at least for the next four years. Talk show hosts, satirists and "Saturday Night Live" actors are poised to cash in on the Trump presidency, thanks to the apparently humourless and easily offended public persona of the United States' new commander in chief.

Alec Baldwin, for instance, has already made hay on "SNL" throughout Trump's presidential campaign, using little more than some orange makeup and a hay-coloured wig. The actor's portrayal has repeatedly irked "The Donald," prompting Trump to criticize the show as "biased" and "unwatchable" on Twitter.

However, the show founded by Canadian Lorne Michaels just recorded its best ratings in 24 years, thanks to a toxic and highly divisive U.S. presidential election.

"Presidential campaigns for 'SNL' are like when you gather nuts for the winter," show writer James Andrew Miller told the Associated Press back in October, when Baldwin's impression first captured widespread attention. "You try and get new eyeballs and bring people into the tent who either haven't seen it or haven't seen it for a while and get them hooked."

But "SNL" hasn't been the only act to benefit from the political climate in the United States. Performing in the heart of Washington, D.C., stage actors with the "Capitol Steps" troupe say the last year has been a dream for them.

"This was one for the books," actress Delores King Williams told 麻豆影视.

"These people have just been handing us things on a silver platter," the show's Brian Ash added.

Trump has also become a frequent target for the likes of late-night talk show hosts.

John Oliver, for instance, has attempted to popularize Trump's ancestral family name, Drumpf, in a number of long-winded anti-Trump essays. "Make Donald Drupf again," is Oliver's frequent slogan for the tycoon-turned-president.

The president-elect has rarely engaged with his late-night critics, although he did make a memorable appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon." Trump took his Fallon appearance in good humour, and even went so far as to allow the host to touch his hair.

However, Trump has continued to take pot-shots at his enemies on Twitter, even after winning the election.

On Friday, for instance, he took on the Terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who succeeded him on "The Apprentice." "So much for being a movie star," Trump said. "But who cares, he supported (John) Kasich and Hillary (Clinton)."

He even took a backhanded swipe at "his many enemies" on New Year's Eve, when he tweeted his best wishes for the new year.

Those "many enemies" (and even those who just love a good joke) appear poised to cash in on the next four years of President Donald J. Trump.

And with Hollywood's awards season upon us, expect the jokes to come fast and furious among the left-leaning acting community.

With files from CTV National News Washington Bureau Correspondent Richard Madan