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President Donald Trump introduced Saturday that the U.S. will impose a further 10% tariff on Canadian imports, citing a “fraudulent commercial” that includes former President Ronald Reagan talking out in opposition to tariffs.
Trump claimed that the advert, which aired throughout the World Sequence that started Friday, was a part of 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.”
“Canada was caught, crimson handed, placing up a fraudulent commercial on Ronald Reagan’s Speech on Tariffs,” Trump posted to Reality Social on Saturday. “The Reagan Basis mentioned that they, ‘created an advert marketing campaign utilizing selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan. The advert misrepresents the Presidential Radio Handle,’ and ‘didn’t search nor obtain permission to make use of and edit the remarks.'”
TRUMP ENDS CANADA TRADE TALKS OVER ‘FAKE’ RONALD REAGAN TARIFF AD: ‘EGREGIOUS’
President Donald Trump, in entrance of a portray of former President Ronald Reagan, within the Oval Workplace on the White Home in Washington, D.C. (Reuters / Brian Snyder, File / Reuters)
Trump accused Canada of misrepresenting Reagan, claiming the late president “beloved tariffs” when it got here to nationwide safety and the financial system.
“Their Commercial was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, however they let it run final night time throughout the World Sequence, understanding that it was a FRAUD,” Trump mentioned.
TRUMP DEFENDS TARIFFS, SAYS US HAS BEEN ‘THE KING OF BEING SCREWED’ BY TRADE IMBALANCE
Trump introduced Saturday that the U.S. will impose a further 10% tariff on Canadian imports. (Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
He added, “Due to their severe misrepresentation of the info, and hostile act, I’m growing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they’re paying now. Thanks in your consideration to this matter!”
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Basis and Institute is exploring authorized choices in response to the incident, in accordance with Trump.
The announcement follows simply days after the President mentioned he was terminating commerce negotiations with Canada because of the commercial.
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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Basis and Institute is exploring authorized choices in response to the incident, in accordance with Trump. (Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
“The Ronald Reagan Basis has simply introduced that Canada has fraudulently used an commercial, which is FAKE, that includes Ronald Reagan talking negatively about Tariffs,” Trump wrote on Reality Social on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Trump defended his use of tariffs as a corrective to what he referred to as years of commerce imbalance, saying that the USA had been “the king of being screwed by tariffs” however would not enable different nations to use it.
“We are the king of being screwed by tariffs,” Trump mentioned throughout a bilateral assembly with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney within the Oval Workplace.
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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Basis and Institute didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
FOX Enterprise’ Amanda Macias and Landon Mion contributed to this report.
