O Canada
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... because, according to Trump, "Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement" featuring former president Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
I haven't seen it but that seems like a pretty clever thing to do. Good for the Canadians.
Here is the ad in its entirety:
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6951639
And here is an objective breakdown down of the ad itself:
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Not clever to cherry pick and change the order. Taking something out of context that says what you want it to is frequent. Cut and pasting it like you're CBS is foolish. You can't get away with it.
"You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell
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Well, thankfully the US President is able to rise above this sort of thing. Nobody in their right mind has ever accused him of being petty, I'm sure.
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Not clever to cherry pick and change the order. Taking something out of context that says what you want it to is frequent. Cut and pasting it like you're CBS is foolish. You can't get away with it.
Not clever to cherry pick and change the order. Taking something out of context that says what you want it to is frequent. Cut and pasting it like you're CBS is foolish. You can't get away with it.
It’s what is done. Whether it’s a good idea or not. Suffice to say that Reagan believed wholeheartedly in free trade as a means of bringing nations together. In the case of North America he saw it as a single market with few if any barriers to trade and investment. In that sense the Ontario ad is right on target.
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Possible that the ad itself had little to do with Trump’s tantrum:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-ford-ad-tariffs-carney-analysis-9.6952538
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/25/trump-canada-tariffs-reagan-ad/
Trump raises tariffs on Canada by 10% over Reagan ad
