‘I did apologize to the President,’ Carney says on U.S. anti-tariff ad – National

prime minister Mark Carney says he apologized to the US President Donald Trump after Ontario anti-tariff advertising aired in the US last week.

Carney made the comments Saturday from South Korea at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit when asked by reporters whether an apology had been made.

“I apologized to the president. The president was offended by the ad and I wouldn't have done what I would have done to run that ad, and that's why I apologized to him,” Carney said.

“I, as prime minister, am responsible for relations with the President of the United States, and the federal government is responsible for foreign relations with the US government. So, things happen. We take good with bad, and I apologized to him.”

This happens after Trump told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One that Carney had “apologized” to him. for publicity when the two leaders met in Asia earlier this week.

He added: “I have a very good relationship. I like him (Carney) a lot.”

When asked Saturday if he initially told Ontario Premier Doug Ford not to push the ad, Carney said yes and added:

“You saw what came of it.”

Ford defended the ad amid backlash from Trump, who said he had “achieved” his goal. He also claimed that the ad was cleared by Carney before airing.

After talking with Carney, Ford agreed to pull the ad after it will air at least twice during World Series coverage..

Trump called the ad “fake” and “egregious” and, after seeing it, said he was suspending trade talks with Carney “for a while.”

“I don't want to date him (Carney). No, I'm not going to date them (Canada) for a while.”

In response to the ad shown in the US, Trump also stated: he would add another 10 percent tariff in addition to additional fees.

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Trump did not provide specific details when asked when these additional tariffs would take effect.

“I don’t know when this will take effect,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Oct. 27. – Let's see”.

The ad in question included several clips from former US President Ronald Reagan's 1987 radio address in which he talked about “free and fair trade,” including how he viewed the risks of tariffs and some of the government's protectionist policies at the time.

Trump argued that the ad took Reagan out of context, saying the former president “loved tariffs” and that the ad was “trying to make things look different.”

Some premieres, including Manitoba's Wab Kinew came to Ford's defense after Trump's initial response stating that “the ad works.”

Premier of British Columbia David Eby says the province will launch its own advertising campaign in the US “to explain who wins and who loses” in relation to Trump Tariffs.

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