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| Home Alone 2: Canada's CBC broadcaster defends cutting Trump scene | Home Alone 2: Canada's CBC broadcaster defends cutting Trump scene |
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| Canada's national broadcaster CBC has defended deleting a scene featuring Donald Trump from the film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. | Canada's national broadcaster CBC has defended deleting a scene featuring Donald Trump from the film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. |
| CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson said eight minutes of the 120-minute film had been trimmed to make way for commercials. | CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson said eight minutes of the 120-minute film had been trimmed to make way for commercials. |
| He said the edits were made before Mr Trump was elected as US president, and were not politically motivated. | He said the edits were made before Mr Trump was elected as US president, and were not politically motivated. |
| The edited film was shown by CBC earlier this month, prompting criticism from Mr Trump's supporters. | The edited film was shown by CBC earlier this month, prompting criticism from Mr Trump's supporters. |
| His son Donald Trump Jr tweeted a link to a story on Thursday that called the edit 'pathetic'. | His son Donald Trump Jr tweeted a link to a story on Thursday that called the edit 'pathetic'. |
| President Trump reacted late on Thursday, tweeting that "the movie will never be the same! (just kidding)". | |
| In a reference to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and well-documented disagreements between the two leaders on major policy issues, Mr Trump also quipped: "I guess Justin T doesn't much like my making him pay up on Nato or trade!" | |
| On Christmas Eve, Mr Trump described Home Alone 2, which was released in 1992, as "a big Christmas hit" during a video conference call to US troops overseas, according to Deadline website. | |
| "Well I'm in Home Alone 2," Mr Trump said. "A lot of people mention it every year, especially around Christmas. 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. | "Well I'm in Home Alone 2," Mr Trump said. "A lot of people mention it every year, especially around Christmas. 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 honour to do it." | "But it's been a good movie and I was a little younger, to put it mildly. And it was an honour to do it." |
| Mr Trump has made a number of cameo appearances in films, including Zoolander and Ghosts Can't Do It. | Mr Trump has made a number of cameo appearances in films, including Zoolander and Ghosts Can't Do It. |
| In Home Alone 2's uncut version, he is briefly seen in a scene at New York's Plaza Hotel, when Macaulay Culkin's character Kevin asks him for directions. Mr Trump was the hotel's owner at the time. | In Home Alone 2's uncut version, he is briefly seen in a scene at New York's Plaza Hotel, when Macaulay Culkin's character Kevin asks him for directions. Mr Trump was the hotel's owner at the time. |