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President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening he was pulling trade talks with Canada after an ad, funded by Ontario’s provincial government, quoted former President Ronald Reagan warning tariffs “hurt every American.
The Canadian Press on MSN
Fact File: Ontario’s Reagan ad isn’t ‘fake,’ but what’s the context behind his words?
U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada on Thursday night over what he called a “fake” Ontario government advertisement featuring the words of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. The advertisement quotes a 1987 radio address from Reagan where he spoke about the negative impacts of tariffs.
Trump abruptly terminated “all trade negotiations” with Canada late Thursday, pointing to an advertisement that featured the voice of former President Ronald Reagan speaking out against U.S. tariffs. Trump, who described the video as “fake,” accused Canada of “fraud” and attempting to “interfere” with a case at the Supreme Court.
The leader of Canada’s most populous province posted remarks by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan on social media on Friday showing Reagan opposed tariffs, hours after President Donald Trump announc