Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday compared a Canadian ad featuring former President Reagan, which angered President Trump, to “election interference.”

“I read that the premier of Ontario spent $75 million sending propaganda across the U.S. border via — “ Bessent told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”

“This is Ronald Reagan's own words,” Tapper cut in.

“Via our airwaves, via our own airwaves," Bessent continued. "It's the equivalent of election interference. Nobody likes foreign election interference. Nobody likes foreign governments trying to sway public opinion for their own good."

On Friday, President Trump said that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized for the ad that used Reagan's criticism of tariffs to slam the White House’s trade policies.

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