{"id":1390,"date":"2025-11-02T14:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:10:41","slug":"bessent-compares-canadas-reagan-ad-to-election-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/bessent-compares-canadas-reagan-ad-to-election-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent compares Canada's Reagan ad to 'election interference'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday compared a Canadian ad<\/a> featuring former President Reagan, which angered President Trump, to \u201celection interference.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI read that the premier of Ontario spent $75 million sending propaganda across the U.S. border,” Bessent told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is Ronald Reagan’s own words,\u201d Tapper cut in. <\/p>\n

\u201cVia 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.” <\/p>\n

On Friday, President Trump said that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized for the ad<\/a> that used Reagan’s criticism of tariffs to slam the White House\u2019s trade policies.<\/p>\n

The Ontario ad later aired during the World Series between Canada\u2019s own Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The ad clearly frustrated the president, who pledged<\/a> to stop trade conversations with Canada and levied an additional 10 percent tariff, after it initially aired.<\/p>\n

Trump claimed the ad wrongly represented Reagan\u2019s remarks, switching up the order of his comments about tariffs.<\/p>\n

In the last few months, Trump\u2019s tariff policy has strained relationships with American allies like Canada<\/a> and the European Union, rattled markets and provoked widespread economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n

A mayor from Ontario defended the ad paid for by his province last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI support the premier\u2019s approach,\u201d Brampton, Canada, Mayor Patrick Brown said Sunday on CBC\u2019s \u201cRosemary Barton Live,\u201d referring to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who spearheaded the ad. \u201cSometimes you need to throw a rock in a pond to get a splash. He\u2019s got a reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s got a lot of coverage. And the words are truthful, despite what they\u2019re trying to spin and say that, you know, it\u2019s only a portion of the speech, Ronald Reagan viewed tariffs as taxes that would cost America in the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hill has reached out to Ford\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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