President Donald Trump announced late Thursday evening that he was terminating all trade negotiations with Canada on account of a $75 million anti-tariff advertising campaign initiated last week by Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Trump leaned into his criticism of Canada Friday morning , stating, "CANADA CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!!" and accused the northern nation of using the ad "to illegally influence the United States Supreme Court in one of the most important rulings in the history of our Country."

The purpose of the ad, which featured excerpts from former President Ronald Reagan's April 25, 1987, radio address regarding the benefits of free trade and downsides of protectionism, was to make the case against American tariffs on Canada to Republican voters.

Ford evidently figured the a

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