Trump Adds 10% Tariff On Canada
Digest more
President Donald Trump canceled trade negotiations with Canada after Ontario released an ad using Ronald Reagan's words to criticize Trump's tariff policies.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford joins Meet the Press NOW to explain his decision to run an ad opposing President Trump’s tariff policy that featured former President Ronald Reagan.
Reagan saw tariffs as a last resort. For Trump, they are the first step to force scores of countries into high-pressure negotiations.
Trump attacked the ad on Truth Social Friday posting: “CANADA CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!! They fraudulently took a big buy ad saying that Ronald Reagan did not like Tariffs, when actually he LOVED TARIFFS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND ITS NATIONAL SECURITY.″
A forme advisor to Ronald Reagan defended Ontario's controversial commercial that quoted Reagan's warnings about tariffs.
President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada on Thursday, citing a recent ad released by the government of Canada’s Ontario province that quoted former President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio address to the nation on fair trade.
Mediaite on MSN
Treasury Secretary Awkwardly Dodges Questions On Trump Jacking Up Canada Tariffs Because Reagan Ad Made Him Angry
Scott Bessent was confronted, Sunday, about the idea that President Donald Trump increased tariffs on Canada because of a TV ad he didn't like.