Trump-Canada live: Furious president terminates trade talks over ‘fraudulent’ Ronald Reagan quote

Trump ends trade talks with Canada after watching this Ontario ‘anti-tariff’ advert featuring Ronald Reegan

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Donald Trump has pulled trade talks with Canada after an advert, funded by Ontario’s provincial government, quoted former U.S. president Ronald Reagan warning that tariffs “hurt every American.”

The dispute has worsened tensions between the two countries, with Carney jetting off to China to thaw tensions between Asia’s biggest economy and Canada.

“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 in the Ontario advert. “And sometimes, for a short while it works, but only for a short time.”

Reagan also said that tariffs cause markets to “shrink and collapse,” which leads to “millions of people” losing their jobs.

“The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

Trump has previously described the word “tariff” as the “most beautiful word in the dictionary” and imposed a 35 percent levy on Canadian imports in August.

Carney says that Trump is ‘afraid’ to agree on a ‘bet’ with him

Mark Carney says that Trump is scared to make a ‘bet’ with him (AP)

Mark Carney has taken a swipe at Trump over the World Series which kicks off today.

Speaking at a Blue Jays practice match in Toronto, the Prime Minister said that the U.S. president has yet to return his offer of a bet on who they think will win.

“I think he’s afraid to make a bet,” Carney said. “He hasn’t returned my call yet on the bet. I’m ready. We’re ready to make a bet with the U.S.”

Owen Scott24 October 2025 12:08

Trump threatens to kill drug traffickers heading to America

Trump promises to kill people who are bringing drugs into America

Owen Scott24 October 2025 12:00

Revealed: Donors for Trump’s $300 million ballroom

Trump has demolished the East Wing of the White House to make way for a $300 million ballroom (AP)

The full list of donors to President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom at the White House has been revealed, with many of America’s Big Tech companies chipping in.

Amazon, Apple, Google, HP, and Microsoft are all on the list, along with Palantir, T-Mobile and Lockheed Martin.

“For 150 years-plus they’ve wanted to have a ballroom and it never happened because they’ve never had a real estate person,” Trump said at a fundraising dinner for the ballroom.

Demolition work on the East Wing, where the ballroom will eventually be situated, began on Monday.

Trump’s decision to flatten the East Wing has been widely condemned, with Hillary Clinton saying that he is “destroying” the White House.

Owen Scott24 October 2025 11:55

Trump signs rare earth deal with Australia amid trade war with China

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Trump have signed an $8.5 billion deal (AFP/Getty)

The deal, which has been rubber-stamped by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday, comes as China restricts access to its own vast stores of rare earth minerals.

“Australia is really, really going to be helpful in the effort to take the global economy and make it less risky, less exposed to the kind of rare earth extortion that we’re seeing from the Chinese,” Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House’s National Economic Council, told reporters.

The minerals are used in a range of technological devices and play an important role in smartphones, wind turbines and defence systems.

Owen Scott24 October 2025 11:42

Carney visits China after trade dispute with America

Mark Carney could meet the Chinese president as soon as next week

A day after trade talks with America collapsed, Canadian PM Mark Carney jetted to China for his first official visit to Asia.

His officials have floated the idea that Carney could meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in an effort to ease relations between both countries.

Although the meeting has yet to be confirmed, Canadian officials are hoping to meet with the Chinese president on either October 31 or November 1.

Vina Nadjibulla, the vice-president of Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, told CBC that Canada is trying to stay out of America’s trade war with Asia’s biggest economy.

“They’re trying to not get caught between U.S. and China, [who are] kind of the two giants that are now engaged in strategic competition,” Nadjibulla said.

Owen Scott24 October 2025 11:30

Steve Bannon says that ‘there is a plan’ for Trump to stay in office after 2028

Steve Bannon claims people should forget 22nd amendment and get used to Trump in shocking interview

Owen Scott24 October 2025 11:29

Trump’s Secretary of State visits Israel after Knesset votes on annexing the West Bank

Amid the trade dispute between Canada and the U.S., Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Israel (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Israeli parliament approved the bill on Wednesday, as it seeks to tighten its hold on the West Bank.

JD Vance branded the proposal an “insult” to the Gaza ceasefire, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio jetting to Israel shortly after.

Rubio was spotted today in the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Southern Israel.

Meanwhile, Trump has claimed that Israel is “not going to do anything with the West Bank.”

Owen Scott24 October 2025 11:19

Ontario was hit particularly hard by Trump’s tariffs

Ontario is the economic heart of Canada and is home to both the nation’s capital, Ottawa, and its largest city, Toronto.

However, Trump’s crackdown on Canadian steel and aluminium has hit the province hard. His current steel tariffs stand at 35 percent.

Ottowa pledged $400 million CAD to Algoma Steel, one of the country’s biggest steel companies, to keep the company afloat amid rising competition from China.

Meanwhile, steel manufacturers are also looking to make production more sustainable by switching to electric furnaces.

Owen Scott24 October 2025 11:14

Ontario denies using the Reagan clip illegally

A spokesperson from Doug Ford’s Ontario government said that the Reagan clip was not used illegally.

“The commercial uses an unedited excerpt from one of President Reagan’s public addresses, which is available through public domain,” a spokesperson from Ford’s government told CBC News.

Owen Scott24 October 2025 11:08

Trump and Carney were heard joking in Israel about the U.S. president getting his counterpart’s title wrong

Carney was overheard on a hot mic correcting Trump after being referred to as ‘President Carney.’ In response, Trump joked that he had not called Carney ‘governor’ (AFP via Getty Images)

Owen Scott24 October 2025 10:50

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