UPDATE - Trump ends all trade talks with Canada over ‘fraudulent’ use of video advertisement featuring voice of Ronald Reagan

ADDS FOUNDATION’S STATEMENT

By Asiye Latife Yilmaz

ISTANBUL (AA) - US President Donald Trump announced the termination of all trade negotiations with Canada on Thursday, citing the “fraudulent” use of a video advertisement featuring the voice of the late President Ronald Reagan.

Trump said the Ronald Reagan Foundation reported that Canada has “fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs.”

He said the video advertisement, reportedly costing $75,000, had been used to interfere with decisions of the US Supreme Court and other courts.

“TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Earlier, the foundation, officially known as the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, said it learned that the government of Ontario, Canada created an ad campaign using selective audio and video from Reagan’s “Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade” dated April 25, 1987.

The foundation said the ad misrepresents the presidential address and that the government of Ontario “did not seek or receive permission to use and edit the remarks.”

The foundation added that it is reviewing its legal options and encouraged the public to watch Reagan’s unedited video on its official YouTube channel.