President Donald Trump said he is raising tariffs on Canada by 10 percent after a World Series ad featured Ronald Reagan slamming tariffs in a 1987 speech.

Trump had already terminated all trade negotiations with Canada on Thursday over the ad from Ontario, which was seen by millions of Americans on channels such as Fox News, Fox Sports, NBC, CBS, CNBC, ESPN, ABC and local affiliates.

‘Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement on Ronald Reagan’s Speech on Tariffs,’ Trump wrote Saturday afternoon on Truth Social.

‘Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now.’

There is currently a 35 percent tariff on Canadian goods sold in the US that are not exempted under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Steel and aluminum are tariffed at 50 percent.

Trump also reiterated his theory that the Ontario government, led by Premier Doug Ford, ran the ad to illegally sway the opinions of the Supreme Court, which will decide next month if the Trump administration has the legal authority to implement sweeping global tariffs without the input of Congress.

The 60-second ad pulled from a radio address made by Reagan as he explained why he was placing tariffs on Japanese electronics. The substance of his remarks appear to be unaltered.

‘Let’s take Ronald Reagan’s words and let’s blast it to the American people,’ Ford said upon launching the campaign. ‘We’re going to repeat that message to every Republican district there is right across the entire country.’

In the ad, Reagan explains how tariffs can appear to beneficial to Americans at first, but argued the short term gains do not last.

‘When someone says, “Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,” it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs,’ Reagan said.

‘And sometimes for a short while it works, but only for a short time. But over the long run, such trade barriers hurt every American, worker and consumer.’

Reagan then claimed: ‘High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Then the worst happens. Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs.’

On Thursday, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute said the 40th president was taken out of context but offered no further explanation.

‘The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks,’ the institute wrote on X.

The institute added that it was ‘reviewing its legal options in this matter’ before linking people to Reagan’s full address.

After conservative outrage spread online, Ontario, Canada’s largest province, said it would pull the ad starting Monday.

That means it will still air Saturday night during Game 2 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

‘They could have pulled it tonight,’ Trump told reporters at the White House as prepared to leave for his trip to Asia.

‘Well, that’s dirty play,’ he added. ‘But I can play dirtier than they can, you know.’

Ford said on social media that he pulled the ad after speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has been trying to negotiate with Trump on trade for months. The two men are members of opposing parties.

‘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 said. ‘We’ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels.’

For now, the vast majority of trade between the US and Canada remains protected by the USMCA.

But the agreement has to be renegotiated in July 2026, and Trump has already called for a revision that would favor US industries.