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U.S. President Donald Trump stands in front of a painting of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The President has halted trade talks with Canada over an Ontario anti-tariff ad featuring clips of Reagan.

Because he can.

That is the best explanation for President Donald Trump ’s astonishing out-of-nowhere decision to halt trade talks with Canada over a 60-second television advertisement.

That commercial , produced for the province of Ontario, has the cool production values of a classic presentation by Ronald Reagan, whose anti-tariff words form its centrepiece. Indeed, the ad sounded, appeared and felt like Mr. Reagan’s most famous campaign spot, a devastating 60 seconds that was broadcast in 1984 and that opened with “It’s morning again in America.” Narrated by ad execut

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