Canada's nationalpublic broadcaster confirmed Thursday it had cut out US President DonaldTrump's cameo from the movie "Home Alone 2", but said after a socialmedia outcry that the edit was made before he was elected. When the CBCrecently aired the 1992 Christmas film, some viewers and Canadian media outletsnoticed Trump's scene had been cut out and wanted to know why - especiallybecause the US leader had said on Tuesday it was an "honor" to beinvolved in the movie.
"As is oftenthe case with feature films adapted for television, 'Home Alone 2' was editedfor time," said CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson. "The scene with DonaldTrump was one of several that were cut from the movie as none of them wereintegral to the plot. These edits were done in 2014, when we first acquired thefilm and before Mr Trump was elected president" in 2016, Thompson said.
Many social mediausers accused the CBC of making a politically motivated decision, and Trump'sson Donald Trump Jr tweeted that he thought the move was "pathetic".But the US president seemed to find the kerfuffle amusing, taking to Twitter onThursday night to quip about his Canadian counterpart: "I guess Justin Tdoesn't much like my making him pay up on NATO or Trade!" "The moviewill never be the same!" Trump lamented, before clarifying "(Justkidding.)"
Trump appearsvery briefly in "Home Alone 2". Young Kevin McCallister (MacaulayCulkin), forgotten by his family, struggles to navigate the gilded hotel wherehe's staying for the holidays. He stops a man wearing a long black overcoat anda red tie to ask him how to get to the lobby. "Down the hall and to theleft," says Donald Trump. The real estate mogul had purchased the PlazaHotel in New York - the setting of many movie scenes, including several in"Home Alone 2" - at the start of the 1990s. - AFP