President Donald Trump on Thursday shut down trade talks with Canada after he accused Ottawa of airing a “fraudulent” television advertisement wilfully misquoting former President Ronald Reagan in an anti-tariff ad campaign.
Trump initiated import tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and autos earlier this year, as Breitbart News reported.
The advert in question, sponsored by the government of Canada’s province of Ontario, quoted Trump’s Republican predecessor, Ronald Reagan, saying tariffs “hurt every American.”
The president quickly responded, posting, “The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs.”
“The ad was for $75,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other
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