Trump, Reagan and Canada
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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.″
Trump’s trade policies have centered around ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on an array of other countries. The president pushed forward a 35 percent tariff on many imports from Canada, although goods under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement have largely been excluded.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump said, ‘I really like Mark Carney a lot. But what they did was wrong.’
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'
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How Reagan's 'once-mythic legacy' has been 'toppled' by a 'shallow demagogue'
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.
Top Canadian official declares victory after Trump’s meltdown over Reagan ad: ‘Mission accomplished’
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.