A former advisor to Ronald Reagan chided the White House’s hostile reaction to a Canadian ad that quoted Reagan’s 1987 trade address criticizing tariffs.

Trump last week blasted the new anti-tariff commercial produced by the Government of Ontario, claiming it “misrepresented” Reagan’s views. In response, the president announced he is cancelling trade negotiations with Canada and adding an additional 10% tariff on Canadian imports.

Bruce Bartlett, who held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, hammered Trump over his response.

“Our a--hole president is the biggest baby in the history of the earth,” Bartlett wrote last Saturday in a post on X . “The Canadian ad that hurt his feelings was 100% accurate. I know, I worked for Ronald Reagan in t

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