President Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Pressure One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.
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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian items by an additional 10% due to an anti-tariff tv advert aired by the province of Ontario.
The advert used the phrases of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs, angering Trump who stated he would finish commerce talks with Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford stated he would pull the advert after the weekend, and it ran Friday night time in the course of the first recreation of the World Sequence.
“Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD,” Trump stated in a put up on his Fact Social platform as he flew aboard Air Pressure One to Malaysia.
“Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now.”
It was not instantly clear when the ten% hike would come into impact, nor whether or not it will apply to all Canadian items.
Canada’s financial system has been hit laborious by Trump’s tariffs, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been making an attempt to work with Trump to decrease them. Greater than three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the U.S., and almost $3.6 billion Canadian ($2.7 billion U.S.) value of products and providers cross the border day by day.
Many Canadian merchandise have been hit with a 35% tariff, whereas metal and aluminum face charges of fifty%. Power merchandise have a decrease fee of 10%, whereas different items lined by the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Settlement are exempt. That commerce settlement is slated for overview. Trump negotiated the deal in his first time period, however has since soured on it.
Trump and Carney will each attend the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia. However Trump informed reporters touring with him that he had no intention of assembly Carney there.
Trump stated the advert misrepresented the place of Reagan, a two-term president and a beloved determine within the Republican Celebration. However Reagan was cautious of tariffs and used a lot of the 1987 deal with featured in Ontario’s advert spelling out the case in opposition to tariffs.
Trump has complained the advert was geared toward influencing the U.S. Supreme Courtroom forward of arguments scheduled for subsequent month that may determine whether or not Trump has the facility to impose his sweeping tariffs, a key a part of his financial technique.
