Donald Trump says hes ending commerce talks with Canada over TV advert

President Donald Trump mentioned late on Thursday (October 24, 2025) that he was ending “all commerce negotiations” with Canada due to a tv advert opposing U.S. tariffs that he mentioned misstated the info and known as “egregious habits” aimed toward influencing U.S. court docket choices.

The publish on Mr. Trump’s social media website got here after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned he goals to double his nation’s exports to nations exterior the U.S. due to the risk posed by Trump’s tariffs.

Mr. Trump posted, “The Ronald Reagan Foundation has simply introduced that Canada has fraudulently used an commercial, which is FAKE, that includes Ronald Reagan talking negatively about Tariffs.”

“The advert was for $75,000. They solely did this to intrude with the choice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and different courts,” Trump wrote on his social media website. “TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious habits, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”

Carney’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Thursday evening.

Earlier on Thursday (October 24, 2025), the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute posted on X that the advert created by the federal government of Ontario “misrepresents the ‘Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade’ dated April 25, 1987.” It added that Ontario didn’t obtain basis permission “to make use of and edit the remarks.”

The basis mentioned it’s “reviewing authorized choices on this matter” and invited the general public to look at the unedited video of Reagan’s handle.

Carney met with Trump earlier this month to attempt to ease commerce tensions as the 2 nations and Mexico put together for a assessment of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a commerce deal Trump negotiated in his first time period, however has since soured on.

More than three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the U.S., and almost $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) price of products and companies cross the border each day.

In his personal publish on X final week, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, posted a hyperlink to the advert and the message: “It’s official: Ontario’s new promoting marketing campaign within the U.S. has launched.”

He continued, “Using each instrument now we have, we’ll by no means cease making the case in opposition to American tariffs on Canada. The solution to prosperity is by working collectively.”