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"Mission accomplished": Ontario Premier Ford defends ad that triggered Trump
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he achieved his "goal" last week after his viral anti-tariff ad featuring former President Reagan prompted President Trump to cancel trade negotiations with Canada. The big picture: Trump last week also vowed to raise Canada's tariffs by 10% over the ad,

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Ford defends Ontario's anti-tariff ad that angered Trump, says he achieved his goal
Doug Ford says Mark Carney and his chief of staff knew about Ontario anti-tariff ad before it aired
Ontario premier brags about ad that prompted Trump to cancel trade talks
Ontario’s premier bragged Monday about the impact of his antitariff ad that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada.

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Trump says he’s hitting Canada with extra 10% tariff over ad he disliked
Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner
'We achieved our goal': Ford stands firm on Reagan anti-tariff ad
Trump had called it "fraudulent", and accused Canada of wanting to interfere in an upcoming US Supreme Court case that will weigh whether the president's sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China and...

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Trump says he won’t resume Canada trade talks ‘for a while’ amid Reagan ad row
Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down Reagan ad sooner

Who is Doug Ford, the Canadian politician pushing Trump's buttons?

In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side.

Doug Ford Under Fire After Trump Terminates Canada Trade Talks

President Trump announced he has broken off trade talks with Canada in response to an advert produced by Ford's team.

‘Best ad I ever ran’: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says after Trump cancels trade talk with Canada

The Ontario ad featured excerpts from a 1987 national radio address in which Ronald Reagan said tariffs "hurt every American".

Ontario premier provokes Trump's ire once again with Reagan ad

The ad, commissioned by Doug Ford, Ontario's outspoken Conservative premier who is sometimes compared to Trump, uses a snippet of Republican icon and former President Ronald Reagan saying that tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster.

Doug Ford Responds to Donald Trump Terminating Canada Talks

Premier of Ontario Doug Ford said the U.S. and Canada are "stronger together" in his first response to President Donald Trump's termination of trade talks in a spat over an anti-tariffs advertising campaign that featured former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Hours after Trump said he'd slap more tariffs on Canada, Ontario's Reagan ad airs again during the World Series

Ontario's ad criticizing tariffs aired during the World Series, hours after President Donald Trump said he'd slap new tariffs on Canada.

New Trump-Canada Spat Spotlights ‘Captain Canada,’ the Ontario Premier

Doug Ford has built a reputation for picking fights with President Trump and getting under his skin with publicity-grabbing moves as U.S. tariffs have harmed Ontario’s economy.
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