Trump ended trade talks with Canada over Ontario’s ‘fake’ anti-tariff ad featuring Ronald Reagan

President Trump abruptly called off trade negotiations with Canada on Thursday after the Ontario government bankrolled an anti-tariff ad campaign that featured Ronald Reagan’s voice.

“The Ronald Reagan Foundation just announced that Canada fraudulently used an ad, which is fake, showing Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs,” Trump wrote in Truth Social late at night.

The president said the $75 million declaration was filed “to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts” in the cases. Challenge Trump’s authority to issue tariffs.

“Tariffs are very important to the national security and economy of the United States,” Trump said.

“Based on their egregious conduct, all trade negotiations with Canada have been terminated,” he announced. “Thank you for your interest in this matter!”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford He unveiled a one-minute ad Last week, which uses a Reagan audio to suggest that tariffs don’t work in the long run.

“With all the tools at our disposal, we will never stop making the case against U.S. tariffs on Canada,” Ford said of the ad campaign. “The path to prosperity is working together.”

The ad will air on Newsmax, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Sports, NBC, CBS, CNBC, ESPN, ABC and local stations in the United States. CBC.

As Trump noted, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute accused the Ontario government of distorting the 40th president’s statements.

The advertising campaign uses “selective audio and video clips of President Ronald Reagan delivering his ‘radio address to the nation on free and fair trade’ on April 25, 1987,” the foundation said in a statement. statement.

The statement continued: “The ad misrepresents the presidential radio address, and the Government of Ontario neither requested nor received permission to use and edit the comments.” “The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter.”

Trump imposed a 35% tariff on most Canadian goods, arguing that Canada had failed to stop the flow of illicit fentanyl and other drugs into the United States.

Next month, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case that will determine whether Trump has the authority to impose many of his sweeping tariffs.