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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Doug Ford finally gets Donald Trump’s attention
Description: Doug Ford never did secure a one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump — but the U.S. president definitely knows who he is.In a fiery social media post late Thursday night, Trump abruptly cancelled all trade talks with Canada because of the Ontario government’s anti-tariff commercial featuring the voice of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.Trump said the ad “fraudulently” claimed that Reagan opposed tariffs “when actually he LOVED TARIFFS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND ITS NATIONAL SECURITY.”Ford announced Friday afternoon that the province will run the ads as planned this...