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I guess Justin T doesn’t much like my making him pay up on NATO or Trade! https://t.co/sndS7YvIGR — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 27, 2019

“I guess Justin T doesn’t much like my making him pay up on NATO or Trade!” Trump tweeted.

Of course, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t make movie edits at CBC, and the network itself denied the edit was done for political reasons.

“As is often the case with feature films adapted for television, Home Alone 2 was edited for time,” CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson said in a statement.

He went on to explain that the Trump scene was one of several not integral to the plat that were removed to make the movie shorter.

It might not be integral to the plot, but I always thought it was a cute scene and made for a fun bit of trivia.

“These edits were done in 2014, when we first acquired the film and before Mr. Trump was elected president,” Thompson said.

It’s that part of the statement that makes me wonder about the real question — why did CBC ever acquire the rights to Home Alone 2?

CBC is unique among Canadian broadcasters in that it receives major funding from the government and special treatment from the federal broadcast regulator.

Their mission is supposed to be the telling of Canadian stories — not recycling old American movies.

CBC’s mandate in the broadcasting act is to “be predominantly and distinctly Canadian, reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions.”