Ontario will air tariff ads that anger Trump during World Series
Source: NBC News
Oct. 24, 2025, 4:21 PM EDT
The government of Ontario, Canada, will air during the first two games of the World Series a TV ad that has infuriated U.S. President Donald Trump, the province's Premier Doug Ford said Friday. The ad uses edited clips of Republican former President Ronald Reagan in order to criticize Trump's trade policy.
The ad so angered Trump that on Thursday he announced a halt to trade talks with Canada, one of America's biggest trading partners. Trump accused Canada's government — which did not sponsor the ad — of what he called "egregious behavior" that was intended to "interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts" on tariffs. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments next month in a case challenging many of Trump’s tariffs.
Game 1 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays will be played Friday night, with Game 2 set for Saturday. Ford said he had directed his team to continue airing the campaign, which features images of U.S. workers and households over a recording of a speech given by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987.
“Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses,” Ford wrote in a post on X. “We’ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels.” "I’ve directed my team to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games," wrote Ford. However, he added that following discussions with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, it was decided that Ontario "will pause its U.S. advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume."
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Apparently the ads won't be "pulled" until Monday so they will run tonight and through the weekend!
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