President Donald Trump was once again fact-checked following an embarrassing tantrum over a Canadian advertisement.

The ad quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 38 years ago criticizing tariffs – a policy tool Trump frequently employs. The commercial includes audio clips from an April 25, 1987 radio address where Reagan stated: "Over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer.‘’

  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
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    6 hours ago

    tbf the version of it i saw was an AI video over the audio.

    Also it’s not exactly Reagan said in the order he said it, they moved a part of the speech