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The Gipper was a free trader, no matter what the current President says.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:04 pm
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The MAGA crowd likes to dismiss Ronald Reagan as irrelevant today, but apparently he still matters to President Trump. How else to explain Mr. Trump’s tantrum against Canada after the province of Ontario invoked the Gipper on trade in a television ad?
The Ontario government had the temerity to buy ad time to run clips of Reagan’s 1987 remarks warning about the dangers of protectionism. Mr. Trump pitched a social-media fit in response late Thursday, claiming Ontario “fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs.”
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Ontario then said it would pull the ad, but when it still ran during sporting events on the weekend, Mr. Trump escalated with an additional 10% tariff on Canadian goods on top of the taxes he has already imposed.
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Mr. Trump is wrong about the Reagan speech, and he was wrong when he said on social media that “Ronald Reagan LOVED tariffs for purposes of National Security and the Economy.” The Gipper was a free trader. In the 1987 speech, Reagan was trying to explain why he was making an exception to his free-trade policies on semiconductor imports from Japan.
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Mr. Trump wants tariffs as a policy rule, not the exception. Reagan knew that tariffs are taxes, while Mr. Trump pretends they are paid by foreigners. Reagan knew protectionist barriers over time breed complacency and lack of innovation. Mr. Trump thinks he’s making American manufacturing great again, when he is really hurting U.S. manufacturers by burdening them with higher costs. See American companies that use aluminum or steel.
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For all the good Trump has done in lots of areas, he still cannot stop being a toddler in so many other aspects.
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Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:05 pm to CollegeFBRules
Who cares.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:05 pm to CollegeFBRules
first downvote !
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:08 pm to CollegeFBRules
The Gipper also gave amnesty to 3 million in California. How'd that work out?
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:08 pm to CollegeFBRules
Look up Reagan and Harley Davidson while your at it.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:09 pm to CollegeFBRules
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How else to explain Mr. Trump’s tantrum against Canada
Quit reading right here. Notice who was begging for attention after said "tantrum"? It wasn't Trump.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:11 pm to CollegeFBRules
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For all the good Trump has done in lots of areas, he still cannot stop being a toddler in so many other aspects.
It was 40 years ago. Economies have changed. Politics have changed. Countries (Canada) have changed. FFS.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:12 pm to CollegeFBRules
Whats funny is I saw a Tik Tok of a farmer talking about his corn and getting ready to sell that years crop.
He said there was a story done by Leftist media about a farmer struggling due to tariffs. He said everything the farmer stated was FALSE, and could have been verifed as such, yet they ran it anyway.
He said there was a story done by Leftist media about a farmer struggling due to tariffs. He said everything the farmer stated was FALSE, and could have been verifed as such, yet they ran it anyway.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:13 pm to CollegeFBRules
The ad the Canada ran took Reagan out of context (shocking, I know).
Reagan said that he prefers free trade but when another country places barriers, they need to be met with consequences.
This speech was in reference to Japan whom Reagan placed tariffs on.
Reagan said that he prefers free trade but when another country places barriers, they need to be met with consequences.
This speech was in reference to Japan whom Reagan placed tariffs on.
This post was edited on 10/27/25 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:18 pm to CollegeFBRules
Lol @ the WSJ
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:18 pm to CollegeFBRules
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The MAGA crowd likes to dismiss Ronald Reagan as irrelevant today
According to who?
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:32 pm to CollegeFBRules
Free trade works well if it is traded truly free. But if other countries charge or deny entry for our goods but expect us not to charge or deny goods that’s not exactly free trade is it? If other countries subsidized goods to a company to allow exploitation of trade that’s not so free. If countries do all of above and use what amounts to slave labor then that’s not so good either.
This post was edited on 10/27/25 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:36 pm to CollegeFBRules
Reagan also fricked up the border and gave away CA forever.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 1:46 pm to CollegeFBRules
quote:He was, but that was a very different time. If he were to see the impact on average Americans and its small towns, I believe he would be aligned with Trump’s view of tariffs—albeit executed in a more principled manner.
The Gipper was a free trader
Posted on 10/27/25 at 2:09 pm to CollegeFBRules
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The Gipper was a free trader
Not with the USSR.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 2:14 pm to CollegeFBRules
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In the 1987 speech, Reagan was trying to explain why he was making an exception to his free-trade policies on semiconductor imports from Japan.
You mean like, he thought one-sided tariffs aren't free trade? Sounds a lot like what Trump is saying.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 2:16 pm to CollegeFBRules
Who gives a shite what Canada thinks besides Katy Perry.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 2:16 pm to TigersHuskers
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Who cares.
You socialists sure dont.
You feel safe from uneducated Mexican laborers yet?
Posted on 10/27/25 at 2:18 pm to SlackMaster
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He was, but that was a very different time. If he were to see the impact on average Americans and its small towns, I believe he would be aligned with Trump’s view of tariffs
Do you know who agrees with Trumps economics? Bernie.
Yes, Bernie Sanders supports tariffs and buying stock in private companies with public money, just like your Orange goofball.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 2:18 pm to CollegeFBRules
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The MAGA crowd likes to dismiss Ronald Reagan as irrelevant today, but apparently he still matters to President Trump.
The Gipper is who created the modern day HUD Section 8 rental assistance program quagmire and is the person responsible for closing down the mental institutions. Not every decision he made was some good for American society.
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