U.S. President Donald Trump is ending trade talks with Canada due to an anti-tariff ad created by the Ontario Government.
Trump went to Truth Social, a social media platform he owns, on Thursday to share his displeasure with the advertisement being shared across his country.
He specifically took issue with the ad featuring former U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
"The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs," Trump wrote.
The clip in question comes from a radio address Reagan made in 1987 about free and fair trade. Ontario Premier Doug Ford shared the full video on social media on Friday to prove that the clip was real.
"Imposing such tariffs or trade barriers and restrictions of any kind are steps that I loathe to take. Such trade barriers hurt every American worker," Reagan said during his radio address.
Trump contradicted what Reagan said in his Truth Social post.
"TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A.," he added.
In a statement on Friday, Ford explained that his government will stop airing the ad on Monday. He said they plan to keep it running through the weekend so people watching the World Series can still see it.
Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked about the situation before his flight to Malaysia, where he'll attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
While he didn't directly say trade talks were ending, he explained that we can't control U.S. policy, but we can develop new partnerships with other countries.
