It’s been barely a week since Ontario Premier Doug Ford angered U.S. President Donald Trump with a television ad that played up former Republican president Ronald Reagan’s dislike and distrust of tariffs between nations. Trump called the ad “fake” and said all trade talks were “hereby terminated.”

Now Ford has returned to the public sphere with yet another impassioned plea for better trade relations. This time, however, rather than invoking football’s the Gipper, Ford is playing the baseball card.

The medium this time is an op-ed in Friday’s Washington Post. And the message: “Canada and the Toronto Blue Jays are global heavyweights.”

Ford begins with a softball. “Canada and the United States are neighbours, allies and best friends,” he writes. “We have stood shoulder to shoulder on the

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