Trump is wrong. Ronald Reagan hated tariffs 

Published October 28, 2025 2:13pm ET



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President Donald Trump is incensed at a television spot produced by Ontario featuring a 1987 speech by former President Ronald Reagan railing against tariffs. Trump threatened to throw another 10% on top of existing tariffs and suspend talks with the United States’s second-largest trading partner if the ad kept running.

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