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Belarus Says It Has No Potash to Spare for Trump's 'Massive Deal'Reporting questions whether Belarus can replace Canada
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Follow-up coverage from the Kyiv Independent and RFE/RL examined Belarus's production capacity and sanctions exposure, concluding Lukashenko's denial undercuts Trump's stated plan to substitute Belarusian supply for Canada's, which provided 79% of US potash imports in 2024 versus 4% from Belarus.
Donald Trump US President
Alexander Lukashenko President of BelarusSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Exiled Belarusian opposition leaderCanada Top US potash supplier (79% of 2024 imports)
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first by RFE/RL, 1d ago
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⚡️Lukashenko dampens Trump's hopes for Belarusian potash. “Even if we wanted to supply (potash) to Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes — everything is contracted," Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said.
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NEW #TRUMP LIE TO #FARMERS Belarus made a demand for $40 Million USD Trump then says he plans on getting Potash from #Belarus. Research how Belarus will get that product to the USA @stephruhle.bsky.social @cnbc.com @financialtimes.com @theguardian.com @velshi.com
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Trump claimed the US was going to replace Canada's potash with Belarus (Russia's proxy dictatorship) as an attempt to pressure Canada into a shitty deal. Except Belarus has no Potash left because China said "bet, I'll buy it all" and now the US has to crawl back to Canada under Canadas terms. Maximum Overbusiness Handshake
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Do you think people and companies who in the past have panicked and acquiesced to his ridiculous demands are now slapping themselves on the forehead when they realize that if they had just waited he would have chickened out? This guy has made his entire living by making big empty threats and seeing who caves.
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Canadian potash industry riding high as they find themselves celebrating TACO Tuesday. https:// ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-says-u s-keep-buying-181437663.html # Trump # Potash # Canada # TACO
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They're already there. They presently think Putin is the good guy, that Russian values are superior to America values, and that Trump should be their Forever President. I mean they've been openly saying these things for months now. They're not hiding this or hinting at it.
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Saskatchewan defends its potash exports as Trump eyes Belarus https://www. byteseu.com/2389656/ # Belarus
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I mean, I have been working on buying uranium from the US. It's never going to happen, but I damn we'll have written up an email I never send.
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Well no, because it still has to be shipped by rail once again once it reaches a port.
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