Trump says Carney apologized for Ford's anti-tariff ad (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

The Prime Minister's Office has not confirmed whether Carney apologized.

In other words, Trump is making shit up.

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago

Pathological liar says what?

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

My thoughts exactly

[-] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

Trump says a lot of things.

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Love it

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

It has been suggested that this article be split out into articles titled False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (first term), False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (between terms) and False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (second term). (Discuss) (October 2025)

Fuckin lol

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

Press X to doubt.

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

Even though it's plainly obvious that the Carney has nothing to do with that commercial, and the commercial was just a regan quote (and ok maybe the one thing dougie did that i think is good). Would apologizing for that costs us anything. Like if it lowers the taxes, that seems good for canada.

obligatory can't wait for trump to die.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

I don’t want trade with the US, it’s just American corporations taking advantage of us and raping my land.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I don’t want trade with the US

Most Canadians agree

But, because of how entwined our economies have become since WW1 (or earlier), it's not something that can be undone instantly.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Doesn’t matter if we hit the switch today or tomorrow, people aren’t going to switch until they have to but every day we wait makes things worse.

[-] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Trump also said the Reagan speech used was fake.

Something tells me the old man is just a fucking idiot. Quick, someone show him AI generated images of a ballroom.

[-] teslasdisciple@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Sounds like one of those alternative facts

[-] engene@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Sure 🤨

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Very elbows up attitude right there. Granted it is canadian nature to say sorry even if we aren't actually sorry

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

I think Mango is lying.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Yes i missed the part where it wasn't confirmed when i skimmed the article. That said when Ford canceled the ad there was a lot of speculation that the canceling was in part to help the feds negotiate a deal.

IMO the most elbows up move would be getting Ford to continue to play the ad. A fucking TV commercial is peanuts compared to repeated threats of annexation we have been getting.

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

The ad did what it wanted to do, no need to keep it running.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If that was the intention of the ad then Ford should have saved the taxpayers money and only ran it for a week, not for months as it was supposed to do.

I'd also argue that the bigger focus of the ad would be to get americans thinking about the tariff strategy their leader is using and promote change from within America, the headlines and angering the old man is are secondary effects of the ad.

[-] Oderus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They don't pay for an advertisement once it's cancelled. Do you think they paid 100% upfront before the first ad went out? By canceling, he is saving them money.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'd be very surprised if there was not a cancelation fee. If it was supposed to be a little stunt why even plan it for months in the first place? I also still stand by that less time on air is less time americans get to hear Reagan say this isn't the right way to do business as a country.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

There is a difference between "planning it to run for months" and "placing the order for months of advertising in advance".

Having worked in broadcasting, I can confidently say it is common for an ad buy to be modified multiple times during its run.

And the advertiser often doesn't order the entire run up-front. They will schedule it a week or 2 at a time and adjust based on what results they are seeing.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

There's sorry (regret) and sorry (it's too bad) and sorry (this discussion is over) and sorry (I am about to do something that one of us will regret)...