Trump says trade talks with Canada terminated over Reagan advertisement

Donald Trump, president of the United States, claimed that all trade negotiations with Canada had been ended as a result of a phony television commercial where late President Ronald Reagan criticized tariffs.

Late on Thursday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, “The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, in which Ronald Reagan speaks negatively about tariffs.”

“The ad was for $75, 000. Trump argued that they had no intention of obstructing the US Supreme Court’s and other courts’ decisions.

“All trade ties to Canada are HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump continued. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL trade negotiations with Canada are HEREBY TERMINATED.”

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute reported earlier on Thursday on social media that a government of Ontario in Canada TV advertisement “misrepresents the ‘Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade’dated April 25, 1987.”

The foundation claimed that Ontario had not been given permission to use and edit the late US president’s remarks.

The foundation urged the public to watch Reagan’s address’ uncut video, which added that it was “reviewing legal options in this matter.”

Trump’s attention was reportedly sparked by the advertisement in question, which featured President Reagan criticizing tariffs on foreign goods while claiming they caused job losses and trade wars, according to Ontario’s premier Doug Ford, earlier this week.

The president apparently heard our advertisement, I’ve heard. He must have been overly happy, Ford said on Tuesday.

Ford stated in a previous social media post that she would continue to use “every tool we have to make the case against American tariffs on Canada.” Working together is the key to prosperity, he said.

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We’ll never stop bringing up tariffs on Canada using every tool we have. Working together is the key to prosperity.

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After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he wanted to double his country’s exports to nations outside the US as a result of the threat posed by the Trump administration’s tariffs, Trump made an announcement about the end of trade talks.

In the event of unsuccessful negotiations with Washington, Carney also told reporters that Canada would not permit unfair US access to its markets.

After Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum, and autos earlier this year, prompting Canada to respond in kind, Canada and the US have been in talks for weeks about a potential deal.

Trump’s statement that all discussions had ended as a result of the advertisement was not immediately addressed by the Canadian prime minister’s office.