Trump, Ronald Reagan and tariff
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US President Donald Trump halted all trade negotiations with Canada earlier this week over an advert in which former President Ronald Reagan says tariffs "hurt every American". The ad, sponsored by Canada's province of Ontario and released last week, features excerpts of an address Reagan gave in 1987 focusing on foreign trade.
The Ontario government ad that has triggered President Donald Trump's wrath, uses excerpts of a 1987 speech by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Here's what the ad says and the text of Reagan's original speech.
President Donald Trump has canceled trade negotiations with Canada over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-tariff speech delivered by conservative hero and former President Ronald Reagan.
U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada on Thursday night over what he called a "fake" Ontario government advertisement featuring the words of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan.
President Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada Thursday, furious over what he called a “fake’’ television ad from Ontario’s provincial government that quoted former President Ronald Reagan from 38 years ago criticizing tariffs -- Trump’s favorite economic tool.