Filmmaker Chris Columbus, who directed the blockbuster sequel, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” more than 30 years ago, says President Donald Trump’s cameo in the movie has been “an albatross for me” and a “curse,” but he can’t go back in and edit out the appearance. 

“I can’t cut it,” Columbus told The San Francisco Chronicle, the newspaper reported Tuesday. “If I cut it, I’ll probably be sent out of the country. I’ll be considered sort of not fit to live in the United States, so I’ll have to go back to Italy or something.”

Columbus was born and raised in the United States, but has Italian ancestry, and was likely making a joke about the president’s policy on mass deportations. 

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