President Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.
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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to increase tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an additional 10% due to an anti-tariff television broadcast by the province of Ontario.
The ad used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize US tariffs, angering Trump, who said he would end trade talks with Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he would pull the ad after the weekend and have it run Friday night during the World Series opener.
“Your ad was going to be pulled IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing it was a FRAUD,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform while flying aboard Air Force One to Malaysia.
“Due to their gross misrepresentation of facts and hostile act, I am raising the tariff to Canada by 10% above what they are paying now.”
It was not immediately clear when the 10% increase would take effect, or whether it would apply to all Canadian products.
Canada’s economy has been hit hard by Trump’s tariffs, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been trying to work with Trump to reduce them. More than three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the United States, and nearly C$3.6 billion ($2.7 billion) in goods and services cross the border daily.
Many Canadian products have been hit by a 35% tariff, while steel and aluminum face rates of 50%. Energy products have a lower rate of 10%, while other goods covered by the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement are exempt. That trade deal is scheduled for review. Trump negotiated the deal in his first term, but has since soured.
Both Trump and Carney will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia. But Trump told reporters traveling with him that he had no intention of meeting Carney there.
Trump said the ad misrepresented the position of Reagan, a two-term president and a beloved figure in the Republican Party. But Reagan was wary of tariffs and used much of the 1987 speech in the Ontario ad explaining the arguments against tariffs.
Trump has complained that the announcement was aimed at influencing the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of arguments scheduled for next month that could decide whether Trump has the power to impose his sweeping tariffs, a key part of his economic strategy.