Canadian Television Cut the Donald Trump Cameo From 'Home Alone 2'

Everything is political. Even Macaulay Culkin movies.

The Canadian public TV network CBC recently aired the 1992 holiday movie Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, and cut out a cameo appearance by Donald Trump.

The CBC says it wasn’t a political move. In a statement released to the genre site ComicBook.com, the network claimed: “As is often the case with features adapted for television, Home Alone 2 was edited to allow for a commercial time within the format.”

As expected, people had opinions (h/t ComicBook.com):

Just watched Home Alone 2: Lost in New York recorded off @CBC and they edited out the @realDonaldTrump scene. God bless us EVERYONE! #ChristmasEve

— Zap Davids (@Zap_Davids) December 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/Jameseast_/status/1209204863789391872

The timing of the cut is certainly interesting; the President recently called the movie “one of the biggest” Christmas hits during a video conference call to U.S. troops overseas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1WngHOFYVQ&feature=youtu.be

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