Canadians enjoyed a special version of the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York this week.
State-run Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aired a President Trump-less version of the Christmas classic that removed Trump’s short appearance alongside star Macaulay Culkin. In the 240-second scene, Culkin wanders into Trump Tower New York before bumping into Trump and asking, “Where’s the lobby?” Trump replies, “Down the hall and to the left,” and Culkin says, “Thanks.”
A representative from the CBC said the broadcast was cut short “to allow for commercial time within the format.”
Speaking with American troops overseas via video conference on Christmas Eve, Trump reminisced about his minor role in Home Alone 2.
“A lot of people mention it every year, especially around Christmas,” the president remarked. “They say — especially young kids — they say, ‘I just saw you on the movie.’ They don’t see me on television as they do in the movie. But it’s been a good movie, and I was a little younger, to put it mildly. And it was an honor to do it.”
In 2015, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau boosted the CBC’s budget to $150 million annually.
Trump and Trudeau have maintained a frosty relationship during their tenures in charge of the North American powers. In early December, the president ripped into Trudeau after video showed the prime minister poking fun at his lengthy and contentious press conference at Buckingham Palace.
“Well, he’s two-faced,” Trump said.
