Donald Trump Terminates Canada Trade Talks: Tariff Tantrums, Reagan Ghosts, and Conservative Meltdowns

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narcolepticnerd October 24, 2025 0 comments

Donald Trump Terminates Canada Trade Talks: Tariff Tantrums, Reagan Ghosts, and Conservative Meltdowns

Welcome to the Never-Ending Tariff Reality Show (Starring Trump, Reagan, and an Unamused Canada)

If you were hoping for even a smidge of rational diplomacy out of MAGA World in 2025, you’re going to be as disappointed as a Trump supporter at a science fair. On October 24, 2025, Donald Trump rage-quit trade talks with Canada, calling it quits over a TV ad that hurt his feelings. What spooked the former president so badly? Relax, it wasn’t another classified document in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom—this time, it was a Canadian commercial quoting Ronald Reagan saying tariffs are usually a bad idea. But hey, citing a Republican hero’s actual words and historical context is obviously just “Canadian interference” because reality is deeply offensive in MAGA-land.

Why Did the Orange-in-Chief Blow Up Trade Negotiations?

Here’s the “logic,” if you can call it that: Ontario (Canada’s biggest province for those who think geography is a leftist conspiracy) paid $75 million CAD ($53.3 million USD—yes, the exchange rate sucks) for a TV ad featuring Ronald Reagan warning that protectionist tariffs can backfire and tank economies. (Reagan literally cited Smoot-Hawley as the Great Depression’s gasoline.)

That sent Trump into a full, all-caps Truth Social meltdown. He screamed that ALL TRADE TALKS WITH CANADA ARE TERMINATED, blaming Canada for “egregious behavior.” Never mind that Canada was negotiating for lower steel, aluminum, car, and car parts tariffs—because apparently, protecting US jobs means losing your composure every time someone plays a Reagan soundbite that disagrees with you.

Protectionism is Back, Baby! (But It Was Never Good)

Trump’s infatuation with tariffs isn’t just economic illiteracy—it’s economic sabotage with a MAGA hat on. History tells us tariffs spawn higher prices, useless trade wars, and fewer jobs. (Read up on Smoot-Hawley if you’re still wearing that red cap.) This isn’t “America First”—it’s “America Isolated…Again.” Even Reagan thought tariffs should be a rare exception, because real innovation doesn’t sprout from endless tariffs—it dies under their weight.

And the Reagan Foundation? They’re Not Impressed

Reagan’s own foundation called Canada’s ad “selective” but admitted the words weren’t altered. The context? Reagan was criticizing dumb trade wars—you know, what Trump built his “economic genius” reputation on. A fitting irony: The guy idolized by conservatives is being used to dunk on their king.

Canada’s Take: “We Used the Full Reagan, No Chaser”

Doug Ford’s office insists everything’s legal: the snippet was straight from a public Reagan speech—something even TikTok teens can find in two seconds online. No deepfaking. No clever edits. Just Reagan, torching protectionist stupidity from decades past.

Supreme Court Looms: Trump Blames Canada for His Own Legal Dumpster Fire

It gets funnier (or sadder, depending on your sense of schadenfreude): the Trump camp is now spinning that Canada is trying to “interfere” with the Supreme Court’s review of whether Trump overreached with tariffs by using a dusty-old 1977 law. Spoiler: nobody in Ottawa is losing sleep over Trump’s legal woes, but Donnie has never met a mirror he didn’t blame.

America’s ‘Allies’ Must Be Thrilled Right Now

Let’s be brutally honest: Canada bent over backward, with PM Mark Carney handing Trump concessions and doing the “cordial statesman” thing. The Blue Jays are in the World Series and Americans get cheaper maple syrup and lumber. But why not torch all that over an ad? Because under Trump, international relations are just another episode in his endless reality-show campaign.

Bottom Line: Canadians Get a Lesson in American Dysfunction. Again.

If you were hoping Trump would ever actually act in America’s best interest—let alone treat our closest ally like, you know, an ally—wake up and smell the Kool-Aid. This is what happens when you let fragile egos and fact-averse, post-truth politics run your trade policy (and, let’s be clear, your entire country).

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