President Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Drive 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 mentioned 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 mentioned he would finish commerce talks with Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford mentioned he would pull the advert after the weekend, and it ran Friday evening throughout the first sport of the World Sequence.
“Their Commercial was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, however they let it run final evening throughout the World Sequence, understanding that it was a FRAUD,” Trump mentioned in a put up on his Reality Social platform as he flew aboard Air Drive One to Malaysia.
“Due to their critical misrepresentation of the details, and hostile act, I’m growing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they’re 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 exhausting by Trump’s tariffs, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been attempting to work with Trump to decrease them. Greater than three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the U.S., and practically $3.6 billion Canadian ($2.7 billion U.S.) price of products and providers cross the border each day.
Many Canadian merchandise have been hit with a 35% tariff, whereas metal and aluminum face charges of fifty%. Vitality merchandise have a decrease fee of 10%, whereas different items coated by the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Settlement are exempt. That commerce settlement is slated for evaluation. 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 mentioned the advert misrepresented the place of Reagan, a two-term president and a beloved determine within the Republican Occasion. 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 might determine whether or not Trump has the ability to impose his sweeping tariffs, a key a part of his financial technique.
