U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 25 that he will increase tariffs on Canada by 10 percent after he accused the provincial government of Ontario of producing an ad campaign that misrepresented former U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s speech on tariffs.
Trump said the ad campaign, which booked commercial time during the baseball World Series, was aimed at interfering with the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court hearing on his administration’s tariffs.
“The sole purpose of this FRAUD was Canada’s hope that the United States Supreme Court will come to their ‘rescue’ on Tariffs that they have used for years to hurt the United States,” Trump wrote.
“Ronald Reagan LOVED Tariffs for purposes of National Security and the Economy, but Canada said he didn’t! Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD.”
Ford said the advertisements using Reagan’s words were supposed to “initiate a conversation” about how tariffs impact workers and hoped that pulling the ads would allow trade talks to resume.
The foundation accused Ontario of creating an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan delivering his ‘Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade,’ dated April 25, 1987.”
“The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks,” the organization wrote on X.
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