Source: The Hill
by Merrill Matthews
“Why Ontario Premier Doug Ford thought it was a good idea to ‘poke the bear’ by running an ad highlighting President Ronald Reagan’s well-known defense of free trade is a mystery. President Trump does not take criticism well. Unless and until the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down his knee-jerk approach to tariff policies, any demonstration of how far Trump has strayed from free market economics is only going to result in retaliation. The difference between Reagan’s and Trump’s views on trade can be summed up this way: In Reagan’s free market world, tariffs are the rare exception to the rule. In Trump’s world, tariffs are the rule.” (10/28/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5575768-reagan-trump-trade-war/