“An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.”
What PolitiFact found
Overall, the ad’s message aligns with most of Reagan’s remarks, which, over five minutes, expressed a dim view of tariffs. Reagan said he believed that in the long term, tariffs would lead to trade wars and hurt Americans. The ad did not present Reagan’s remarks in chronological order. It also omitted that during the same speech, Reagan said he was placing new duties on Japanese products because Japan had not enforced a trade agreement. He described this as a special case in which tariffs wer...
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In short
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute made this claim around 23 October 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 October 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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