Trump cancels trade talks with Canada over TV ad using Reagan speech on tariffs

President Trump says he has canceled trade talks with Canada, following an ad released last week by the government of Canada’s Ontario province that featured a recording of a speech by fellow Republican former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs on foreign goods.

Trump made the announcement on social media after the Ronald Reagan Foundation said the province was not authorized to use the recording and that the clip "misrepresents" the 1987 speech.

The foundation "has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED."

Trump also claimed the ad “interfere(s) with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts," according to CNN.