Fact-checking claims that a Canadian ad was misleading about Reagan’s tariff warning Politics Oct 26, 2025 1:40 PM EDT

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact .

After the government of the Canadian province of Ontario released an anti-tariff ad taking aim at U.S. trade policy, President Donald Trump said the United States was cutting off trade negotiations with its northern neighbor.

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In an Oct. 23 Truth Social post, Trump referenced a statement from The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.

Trump wrote, “The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking ne

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