President Donald Trump said he is canceling all trade negotiations with Canada because of a TV ad.

That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Friday, October 24th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

There has been another twist in Trump's global trade war. The U.S. and Canada had been negotiating over new tariffs that Trump imposed

this year on our neighbor to the north. But things took a turn late yesterday. Trump said he

was terminating the negotiations because of a video ad that was paid for by the province of

Ontario. The ad featured audio from a 1987 radio address by President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.

High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce

trade wars. Then the worst happens. Market shrink and collapse. Businesses and industry

shut down and millions of people lose their jobs.

In a post on social media, Trump described the ad as fraudulent and cited a statement from the

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute that said the ad misrepresented Reagan's

address by using, quote, selective audio and video. The incident has once again

cast a shadow over ties between the U.S. and its second biggest trading partner.

The east wing of the White House is gone. That's number two. It's been a busy three days for demolition workers at the White House.

By the middle of the day yesterday, wrecking crews had completely removed the decades-old annex that once housed the offices of the First Lady. The tear down is to make

way for a Trump Passion Project, a 90,000 square foot ballroom. The demolition has prompted a massive backlash

from preservationists and Democrats. They accused Trump of destroying a national landmark and doing so under a cloak of

secrecy. The work has drawn thousands of tourists to Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., to watch,

or at least to listen to, the heavy machinery. But the Trump administration has restricted the public from most vantage points

and escorted away journalists trying to shoot video.

And it ordered employees of the Treasury Department,

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