US President Donald Trump says he is adding tariffs on goods imported from Canada after anti-tarff advertising with former President Ronald Reagan.
In a post on social media on Saturday, Trump called the advertisement a “fraud” and lashed out at Canadian officials for not removing it ahead of the World Series baseball championship.
“Because of their seriously misrepresenting the facts, and fighting the Canadian tariff by 10% and more than what they are currently paying,” he wrote.
After Trump on Thursday pulled out of trade talks with Canada, the Ontario Premier said he would pull the ad.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday that he will stop anti-tariffs in the province’s announcement that he is targeting Prime Minister Mark Carney “to continue trade talks”.
He also said it will run through the weekend, including games for the World Series, with the Toronto Blue Jays against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Canada is the only G7 country that has not reached a deal with the US since Trump began charging steep tariffs on goods from major trading partners.
The US already imposes a 35% levy on all Canadian goods – although most are exempt from a free trade agreement. It also clamped down on specific Canadian goods sectors, including a 50% levy on metals and 25% on cars.
In his post, sent while he was traveling in Asia, Trump said he would increase taxes by 10 percentage points.
Three-quarters of Canada’s exports are sold to the US, and Ontario is home to most of Canada’s auto manufacturing.
The advert, which is backed by the Ontario government, quotes former US President Ronald Reagan, a Republican and Icon of US Conservatism, saying that Tariffs “hurt every American”.
The video takes excerpts from a 1987 national radio address that focused on foreign trade.
The Ronald Reagan Foundation, entrusted with the care of the former president; S legacy, the ad was criticized for using “inefficient” Audio and Video and allegedly misrepresented Reagan’s address. It is also said that the Ontario government did not seek permission to use it.
In his post on Truth Saturday, Trump said the ad should have been pulled earlier.
“Their advertising will be taken down, immediately, but they let it last night during the World Series, knowing it was a hoax,” he wrote in Malaysia.
Ford once committed to running a Reagan ad in every Republican-led District in the US.
Both Trump and Carney will attend the Association of Nations Silhiast Asian Nations in Malaysia, but Trump told reporters that he had “no intention” of meeting with his Canadian counterpart during the trip.
In his Post, Trump also accused Canada of trying to manipulate an upcoming US Supreme Court case that could end his entire tariff regime.
The case, which will be heard by the US highest court next month, will determine whether the tariffs are constitutional.
On Thursday, Trump also lashed out, claiming the ad was designed to “distract” the “most important case ever.”
The Reagan Ad isn’t the only way Ontario — home of the Toronto Blue Jays — is using the world series as a platform to criticize Trump’s tariffs.
In a video posted Friday, Ford and California Governor Gavin Newsom made mock bets on which team would win the series.
The two men repeatedly joke about tariffs in the video, with Ford pledging to send a can of Maple syrup if La Dodger wins.
“The Tariff may cost me a few extra bucks at the border these days, but it’s worth it,” he wrote.
In response, Newsom asked Ford to continue allowing American-made alcohol to be sold in liquor stores in the province, and promised to send “California’s Championship-take warm.
They ended their exchange with the two declaring: “Here’s to a great world series, and a friendship without tariffs between Ontario and California.”