However, the 66-year-old fears that he could face extreme retaliation if he does axe the Republican from his movie.
“I can’t cut it,” Columbus told the San Francisco Chronicle. “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.”
He is referring to the mass deportations of Venezuelan ‘criminals’ that the Trump administration ordered.
But the way in which the real-estate tycoon ‘bullied’ his way onto the film left a sour taste in his mouth.
In an interview with Business Insider back in 2020, Columbus broached the topic – which he has done several times before, explaining exactly how his appearance came about.