‘Cheated and got caught’: Trump accuses Canada of trying to illegally influence US Supreme Court
US President Donald Trump on Friday said that Canada has long cheated America on tariffs, however, now they, and other countries, can’t take advantage.
A day after terminating trade talks with Canada over political advertisement against his signature tariffs plan, which invoked the late President Ronald Reagan as a free-trader, US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Canada of trying to influence the Supreme Court.
“CANADA CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!! They fraudulently took a big buy ad saying that Ronald Reagan did not like Tariffs, when actually he loved tariffs for our country, and its national security,” said Trump in a post on Truth Social.
The US President further added that “Canada is trying to illegally influence the United States Supreme Court in one of the most important rulings in the history of our Country”.
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Canada has long cheated on Tariffs, charging US farmers as much as 400%, US President Donald Trump said on Friday. “Now they, and other countries, can’t take advantage of the U.S. any longer. Thank you to the Ronald Reagan Foundation for exposing this FRAUD.”
On Thursday, Trump, who earlier this year imposed import tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum, and autos, halted all trade negotiations with Canada and called the video ad fraudulent.
“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 Truth Social.
The post came amid Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney saying that he aims to double his country's exports to countries outside the US because of the threat posed by Trump's tariffs.
The ad, which was funded by the government of Ontario,comprises excerpts from an address Reagan gave in 1987.
However, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute shared a YouTube link of President Reagan's unedited remarks, saying the ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario neither sought nor received permission to use and edit the remarks.
“The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter. We encourage you to watch President Reagan's unedited video on our YouTube channel,” reads the post on X.
Carney embarks on Asia visit
Meanwhile, in an attempt to deepen trade and security ties and to lessen its overwhelming dependence on the US, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has embarked on his first official visit to Asia.
Canadian government officials said Carney’s week-long trip might also include a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a possible effort to reset a previously fractious relationship worsened by an ongoing trade war, reported Reuters.