Trump Rages Over Ad He Falsely Claims Was ‘AI Or Something’ In Rant To Reporters — Days After His AI Poop Video
President Donald Trump falsely accused an anti-tariff ad of being “AI or something” just days after he posted an infamous AI-generated video of himself bombarding No Kings protesters with poop from a fighter jet.
Trump has been complaining bitterly about a Canadian TV ad he says is trying to “illegally influence” the U.S. Supreme Court on an upcoming tariff case, even announcing “ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
The ad features remarks by Reagan criticizing tariffs, and while the Ronald Reagan Foundation also complained the remarks were “out of context,” the omitted portion doesn’t seem to affect the meaning of the package drastically. The audio is real, taken from a 1987 radio address.
Trump spoke to reporters briefly on the South Lawn of the White House as he departed for a trip to Maylasia on Friday night, during which he was repeatedly asked about the ad:
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE)
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don’t know. They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs, and they said he didn’t. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial, can you believe it?
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REPORTER: Ontario says they’re pulling that Reagan tariff ad this Monday for his airing it during his first two World Series games.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, you know, it’s a crooked ad. I heard he’s airing it. Canada, that’s why I pulled everything. Canada, they wrote, they did a crooked ad. They know Ronald Reagan loves the tariffs. What they did is really dishonest.
And I heard they were pulling the ad. I didn’t know they were putting it on a little bit more. They could have pulled it tonight.
REPORTER: They’re going to pull it Monday.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, that’s dirty play, but I can play dirtier than they can, you know? Really very dishonest.
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