Doug Ford's Ad Campaign is Giving Major Boomer Vibes 😬

The Deets

Okay, so boom. The Ontario government, led by Doug Ford, thought it would be a V move to drop an ad in the U.S. using Ronald Reagan's voice. The ad was all about how tariffs are bad, m'kay? Like, Reagan was saying how free trade is the way to go, and Ford's team was hoping it would, like, sway public opinion or something.

But here's the tea: it kinda flopped. Like, hard. Not only did it not stop the U.S. from slapping more tariffs on Canadian goods, but it also stirred up a whole drama storm. People are saying it was a major L move, especially 'cause Reagan himself wasn't always anti-tariff. He used them sometimes to get better deals, which makes the whole ad even more sus.

To make it even wilder, even the Reagan Foundation was low-key pressed about it, saying they didn't give the okay for Ford to use Reagan's voice like that. Awkward! So, yeah, the Ford government paused the ads after they ran over the weekend. Major facepalm moment all around.

Basically, it's looking like this whole ad thing was a strategic fail. It might've sounded like a fire idea in the boardroom, but in the real world? Not so much. It's a lesson in knowing your audience and maybe not trying to use old-school tactics in a very online world, no cap.