President Donald Trump was once again fact-checked following an embarrassing tantrum over a Canadian advertisement.

The ad quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 38 years ago criticizing tariffs – a policy tool Trump frequently employs. The commercial includes audio clips from an April 25, 1987 radio address where Reagan stated: "Over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer.‘’

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      5 months ago

      Look at the upvotes on this one. Embarrassing that so many lemmings jumped on this.

      Let me spell it out y’all: Trump has narcissistic personality disorder. He is not capable of being wrong, let alone humiliated. He doesn’t give two flying fucks what anyone says or thinks, to him, the ad was faked. End of story. He is not able to believe otherwise.

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      5 months ago

      Yes, Trump doesn’t give a shit – and people get all hot and bothered thinking they can assassinate him with words

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          5 months ago

          You would have to bring that in to the White House from outside because they don’t have books in there anymore