How Trump's tariff feud with Canada spiraled in 48 hours over an ad featuring Ronald Reagan

By the weekend, negotiations between Washington and Ottawa were frozen, and President Donald Trump had imposed fresh tariffs.

Trump says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan’s views on tariffs. Here are the facts and context

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.″

Read excerpts from Reagan’s 1987 speech on 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.

Canada's sudden free-trade conversion with Reagan ad betrays decades of protectionist policy

President Donald Trump canceled trade negotiations with Canada after Ontario released an ad using Ronald Reagan's words to criticize Trump's tariff policies.

Former Reagan advisor torches Trump over ad spat: ‘Biggest baby in the history of the earth’

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