"Pete [Hoekstra], you've got to call Dave [Paterson] up and apologize. It's simple, said Ford at an unrelated news conference Wednesday. I get heated sometimes, but just call the guy up and bury the hatchet. WATCH | Does the anti-tariff ad misrepresent Ronald Reagan's original speech?: U.S. President Donald Trump called an Ontario government ad using Ronald Reagan talking about tariffs fake' saying it misrepresents the speech. For The National, CBC's Ashley Fraser breaks down how it compares and why Trump's so upset."
"What do they expect me to do? Sit back and roll over like every other person in the world? he said, adding the video was successful with over 11.4 billion impressions. So why doesn't the president start being nice? Play nice in the sandbox to his biggest customer in the entire world and everything's hunky dory," Ford said. The intention of the ad was not to poke the president, but to start a conversation and wake up the Democrats, Ford said."
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra reportedly launched an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario trade representative David Paterson during a Canadian American Business Council event in Ottawa, prompting Premier Doug Ford to call the conduct unacceptable and demand an apology. Multiple witnesses described the heated exchange as naming Ford and appearing linked to an Ontario anti-tariff television ad that angered U.S. President Donald Trump. Ford defended the ad as a response to attacks, noted it generated over 11.4 billion impressions, urged Hoekstra to "bury the hatchet," and said the ad aimed to start a conversation and wake up Democrats.
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