cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/71303331
Someone finally got through to Trump that Belarus has no potash to spare. All of their production is under contract.
Someone is feeding Trump fake news, and Trump is making very public announcements based on it. The bad intel, one might suspect, is designed to make Trump look foolish, having to backtrack. I wonder if that’ someone’ is Vance, who desperately wants to evict Trump from the White House after the mid-terms?
“Why would we lower the price? You just said you’re going to buy it. “
“In fact, sounded like you tried to find alternatives and failed utterly. Kinda thinking we might be charging too little.”
Especially now that there is a huge fertilizer shortage and the demand has skyrocketed.
I think Canada should announce that the prices will start at current levels, and increase by permanent 5% every time the orange shitstain (or the dumb fucks he hires) makes a threat/unilateral demand to the Great White North. Trade war? +5%. Annexation/51st state bullshit? Oh look, another +5%. Keep it going and make it crystal clear at every opportunity that it’s his fault
I would like to see Canada make a statement that the potash won’t be sold until after the midterms, and any sales afterwards, to states supporting the current administration, will have to pay a premium in taxes on the potash.
Sounds like an ideal time for Canada to add an export tax on potash destined to the US.
