A forme advisor to Ronald Reagan defended Ontario's controversial commercial that quoted Reagan's warnings about tariffs.

Ontario's premier bragged Monday about the impact of his antitariff ad that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada. Premier Doug Ford said the ad had over a “billion impressions around the world” and “generated a conversation that wasn’t happening in the U.

The premier said the advert was viewed one billion times as Trump said he has no plans to meet with his Canadian counterpart.

Trump ended trade talks with Canada after an advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan spoke negatively about tariffs.

President Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada Thursday night, furious over what he called a “fake’’ television ad from Ontario’s provincial government that quoted former U.S.

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Since February, a large, smiling portrait of Ronald Reagan has loomed over the Oval Office, watching Donald Trump each time he settles behind the Resolute Desk long used by U.S. presidents.

In a late-night social media post, the U.S. President accused Canada of misusing former President Ronald Reagan’s words against his tariffs.

Trump abruptly terminated trade talks with Canada on Thursday night over an ad paid for by Ford’s government that used excerpts from a 1987 radio address by Reagan in an effort to sway public opinion on tariffs in Republican-held districts.