The historical fact spread online in October 2025 as Republicans claimed Democrats shut down the government over health care for "illegal aliens."

Trump attacked the ad on Truth Social Friday posting: “CANADA CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!! They fraudulently took a big buy ad saying that Ronald Reagan did not like Tariffs, when actually he LOVED TARIFFS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND ITS NATIONAL SECURITY.″

But nine months into his second go-round in the White House, Trump is beating a curious path to executing his “peace through strength” foreign policy agenda, a phrase he borrowed from a fellow Republican president, Ronald Reagan, who saw building a strong military and economy as the bedrock to Soviet deterrence.

The last Boeing 707 to serve as a primary Air Force One — the aircraft that once flew President Ronald Reagan, plus six other American presidents — now sits under a striking glass pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley ...

As for Trump, I don’t think there is a one principle, one core belief, one basis around which trade policy is set, unlike Reagan'

President Donald Trump's "temper tantrum" over a Canadian ad using the actual words of Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs illustrates how "MAGA has turned away from Reagan’s once-mythic legacy," according to Salon's Heather Digby Parton.

Trump abruptly terminated “all trade negotiations” with Canada last Thursday after he bashed an ad that featured the voice of former President Ronald Reagan.

Nearly four decades ago President Ronald Reagan proclaimed 28 October National Immigrants Day to recognize their contribution to the United States.