Carney apologizes to Trump for reckless ad

Carney confirmed this Saturday that he expressed his apologies to Trump for any discomfort that the announcement may have caused.

Mexico City, November 1 (However).- The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carneyended by presenting his apologies to the President of the United States, Donald Trumpto try to end the controversy generated by an advertisement broadcast on Ontario against the tariff war declared by the American leader.

“I apologized to the President (Trump), the president was offended by the ad and it is not something I would have done, creating that ad,” Carney said at a press conference in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, which hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

The campaign launched by Doug Ford in the United States on October 16 against the imposition of tariffs made use of the voice of former US president Ronald Reagan.

The video showed empty American towns and families packing up their belongings, while the Reagan voice narrates the consequences of trade wars, such as job losses.

“Then the worst happens: markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries close, and millions of people lose their jobs. Awareness is growing around the world that the path to prosperity for all nations consists of rejecting protectionist laws and promoting fair and free competition. American jobs and growth are at stake,” the former president’s voice argues in the clip.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, custodian of the former president’s legacy, immediately denounced that the ad distorted his words. A study of the public chain PBS He confirmed that it included some of Reagan’s statements out of chronological order and omitted that Reagan recorded the speech after imposing tariffs on some Japanese products but, in general, he considered that it was quite in line with the late president’s opinion.

Trump, however, ended up exploding with anger, suspended trade negotiations with Canada and ended up imposing an additional 10 percent tariffs as punishment.

Given this situation, Carney confirmed this Saturday that he expressed his apologies to Trump for any discomfort that the announcement may have caused. “Yes, I apologized to the President, because he felt offended by the announcement,” he said in statements reported by Canadian media.

However, Ontario Premier Doug Ford maintained his position that the ad was fooling no one and boasted that it achieved what it sought: to anger Trump. “We have achieved our goal,” he said.

It should be noted that after Trump announced the severing of relations with Canada, Ford declared having spoken with Carney and promised to pause the advertising campaign, although after the first two games of the Major League Baseball World Series, which unleashed a new round of tariffs for Canada.