False Claim: An old Fox News clip and a June 27, 2025 Truth Social post are being recirculated to suggest President Trump ended all trade talks with Canada in July 2026. Reality: The clip dates from 2025 and related to a digital services tax that Canada rescinded days later; negotiations resumed then. In July 2026 the U.S. declined to renew the trilateral pact in its current form, switching to annual reviews — not a unilateral termination of talks with Canada.
Old Fox News Clip Misused To Claim Trump Ended Trade Talks With Canada — It’s From 2025
Screenshot of a Facebook post taken July 22, 2026
Social media posts have circulated a Fox News clip asserting that President Trump declared an immediate end to all trade talks with Canada following a Canadian digital services tax. The clip is real but out of date: it quotes a June 27, 2025 Truth Social post and does not reflect the July 2026 announcement about changes to the trilateral trade arrangement with Mexico and Canada.
What The Viral Claim Says
One widely shared post on X (formerly Twitter) included a short Fox News excerpt and the line attributed to the president: "President Trump declares the U.S. will IMMEDIATELY END all trade talks with Canada". Variants of the claim spread on Facebook and in French-language posts, often without context.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post taken July 17, 2026, with highlight added by AFP
What Actually Happened
The Fox News segment quoted a Truth Social post that is genuine but dates to June 27, 2025. The post read:
"We are hereby terminating ALL discussion on Trade with Canada, effective immediately."
That 2025 exchange centered on Ottawa's proposed digital services tax. Within days, Canada rescinded the tax and bilateral negotiations resumed. The clip has been recirculated in 2026 to imply a new, unilateral cutoff, which is misleading.
Screenshot of the Internet Archive taken July 17, 2026 with highlight added by AFP
July 2026 Developments — Different But Important
In July 2026 the United States chose not to renew the trilateral United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement in its existing form, moving the pact to an annual review process. That decision created business uncertainty and was accompanied by other trade measures — including new U.S. tariffs announced on July 20, 2026 — but it did not constitute a formal statement that all negotiations with Canada were permanently ended.
How The Timeline Was Verified
Archival sources confirm the full timeline: Fact.base (an interactive database of the president's public posts) and the Internet Archive's TV News Archive show the Fox News segment and the Truth Social post originating on June 27, 2025. AFP reporting and archived government statements also document that talks resumed after Canada withdrew the digital services tax.
Why The Clip Misleads
Isolating the 2025 clip in mid-2026 removes critical context. Reusing older broadcasts or posts to imply a renewed or current action is a common misinformation tactic. In this case, the historical post referred to a specific 2025 dispute that was resolved; the July 2026 policy changes were related but distinct.
Bottom Line: The claim that President Trump ended all trade talks with Canada in July 2026 is false. The Fox News clip being shared is from June 27, 2025, and referred to a now-resolved dispute over a Canadian digital services tax; the July 2026 decision changed how the trilateral pact is renewed but did not amount to an outright, permanent end of negotiations with Canada.
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