Trump, Reagan and tariffs
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President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada on Thursday, citing a recent ad released by the government of Canada’s Ontario province that quoted former President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio address to the nation on fair trade.
An ad campaign from the government of Ontario featured audio of former President Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs on foreign goods. The video rearranges what Reagan said in a 1987 radio address, and it ignores some of the context.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's television ads only scratched the surface: 'Protectionism has no future; it's a dead and discredited idea'
Premier Doug Ford of Ontario (Canada's largest province) raised the ire of President Donald Trump with his ad last week featuring the late Ronald Reagan speaking out against tariffs.
Social media users gave Education Secretary Miguel Cardona a failing grade on Monday after appearing to butcher one of President Ronald Reagan’s more famous quotes. At the 2023 Winter Meeting for the Western Governors' Association in Jackson Hole ...
Speaking alongside Govs. Mark Gordon (R-WI) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) at the 2023 Winter Meeting for the Western Governors’ Association a few weeks ago in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Cardona said, “I think it was President Reagan who said, ‘We ...
Scott Bessent said Ontario's anti-tariff ad, featuring quotes from Ronald Reagan, was "propaganda" aimed at swaying public opinion.