President Donald Trump introduced he is including an additional 10% tariff on Canadian imports over a destructive TV business that includes a speech by President Ronald Reagan.
Officers within the province of Ontario have stated the advert, which protests Trump’s tariff coverage, shall be pulled from the airwaves subsequent week; nevertheless, Trump stated in a social media put up that given the advert was performed throughout Recreation 1 of the World Collection sport Friday evening, he’s growing duties on Canadian items.
President Donald Trump speaks throughout a gathering with NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, October 22, 2025.
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“Due to their critical misrepresentation of the info, and hostile act, I’m growing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they’re paying now,” Trump stated in a put up on his social media platform.
Earlier this week, Trump stated he was halting trade talks with Canada over the advert, which launched earlier this month.
The advert options audio with excerpts of a 1987 address by Reagan that got here as he imposed some duties on Japanese merchandise however cautioned concerning the long-term financial dangers of excessive tariffs and the specter of a commerce battle.
Trump claimed, with out proof, that the advert “was Canada’s hope that the USA Supreme Court docket will come to their ‘rescue’ on Tariffs that they’ve used for years to harm the USA.”
The Supreme Court docket is ready to listen to a case this time period about Trump’s sweeping tariff coverage.
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney listens as Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks throughout a press convention in entrance of a mock reactor on the Darlington Vitality Complicated in Courtice, Ontario, Canada, October 23, 2025.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford stated Friday he was halting the advertisements in order that commerce talks may resume however famous that it will air throughout the World Collection.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Basis & Institute said in a statement on social media Thursday night that the Canadian advert marketing campaign used “selective audio and video” of Reagan and “misrepresents” what he stated within the handle.
The inspiration stated in a press release that it was exploring its authorized choices.
-ABC Information’ Jack Moore, Alex Ederson and Max Zahn contributed to this report.
