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Donald Trump said he had terminated all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada.
Trump said he was doing so because of an allegedly “fake” advertisement that Canada was airing that features former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
Doug Ford, the premier of the Ontario province in Canada, recently said the province would spend $75 million on ads to run in the United States featuring Reagan criticizing tariffs
I never heard about that ad but now I want to see it!
If anyone else does to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN_CVvzExpM
When I heard about this, my first thought was “if he calls it ‘fake news’, it is probably spot on”. It did not disappoint, to say the least.
Reality has a well known liberal bias.
Conservatism is a dead end death cult predicated on tribal fear and ignorance of the unknown.
Not that I care much about what Reagan said, but if he, too said it, it’s not a party political statement anymore but just common sense.
Plus, to a Republican this is like a double kick in the nuts.
edit: hmm. Tariffs aren’t a bad thing per se - used sparingly and appropriately, in some situations they might make sense.