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Trump abruptly halted trade negotiations with Canada, angered by an Ontario ad using genuine Ronald Reagan quotes that criticized tariffs—words Trump claims are “fake.”

Reagan’s 1987 words opposing tariffs were authentic, but his record was contradictory—he imposed strategic levies on semiconductors, motorcycles and autos despite free-trade rhetoric.

Trump, a self-described “Tariff Man,” has raised average U.S. tariff rates to 18%—the highest since 1934—markedly different from Reagan’s selective protectionism.

WASHINGTON — President Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada Thursday night, furious over what he called a “fake’’ television ad from Ontario’s provincial government

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