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Eagle-eyed viewers have taken the CBC to task after it emerged that the broadcaster’s recent screening of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was missing one significant cameo: that of Donald J. Trump.

The edit that removed Trump, the broadcaster soon pointed out, was actually made in 2014 — long before Trump became President Trump. But that hasn’t stopped Twitter erupting into a frenzy.

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Hours after Twitter blew up and the issue grew some serious social media legs, the president of the United States threw in his two cents. “I guess Justin T doesn’t much like my making him pay up on NATO or Trade!” he said of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Three minutes later, he retweeted another article reporting the movie edit and said, “The movie will never be the same! (just kidding).”

In the 1992 hit film Trump can be seen, briefly, passing Kevin McCallister, the character played by Macaulay Culkin. The scene, in which Kevin asks Trump how to get to the lobby, was filmed at New York’s Plaza Hotel.