Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau
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Canadian networks airing the classic Christmas movie "Home Alone 2" drew attention for cutting out the scene in which Kevin gets directions from Donald Trump — a decision the networks have clarified had nothing to do with politics and was simply to format the movie for commercial breaks.
But on Thursday evening, the president tweeted a much more convoluted theory as to why the networks cut his scene: Because Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wanted to take revenge on Trump for being such a good trade negotiator:
It is unclear whether Trump intended his comment as a joke — but the internet promptly mocked the president for his apparent fixation on being edited out of a movie from 27 years ago:
