U.S. President Donald Trump says his country will continue buying Canadian potash after all.
Trump made the comments to reporters during a bilateral meeting at the United Nations General Assembly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
It comes a day after Trump had said he was working on a deal to buy cheaper potash from Belarus in a bid to lessen the United States’ dependence on Canada.
Trump says the eastern European country would still like to sell its potash for a lower price.
Saskatchewan is the world’s largest producer of potash — a key component of fertilizers — and the United States is its biggest customer.
Potash consists of minerals and chemicals that contain potassium and is a vital input used for manufacturing fertilizers.
It is used to support plant growth, increase crop yield and disease resistance, and enhance water preservation.
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The president’s initial comments were condemned by Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, who said Belarusian potash is unethical due to the country’s involvement in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Belarus has a lot of potash, and our farmers need good prices, and we want to get a lower price,” Trump told reporters Tuesday when asked about the proposed deal.
“We’ll continue to go with Canada, but Belarus would like to sell it for a much lower price.”
Canada is the leading exporter of potash in the world.
The U.S. imports 79 per cent of its potash from Canada, according to the U.S Geological Survey. Russia, accounting for 11 per cent of U.S. potash imports, is a distant second while Belarus is in fourth place with three per cent.
“No substitutes exist” for potash in the agriculture industry, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says, making it a critical implement for food security.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country can’t supply the United States with large volumes of potash.
Trade talks collapsed between Canada and the United States last month after Ottawa walked away from the negotiating table in response to last-minute terms that Prime Minister Mark Carney says the U.S. demanded, including restrictions on Canada entering into new trade deals with other countries.
Since then, Trump has escalated his economic attacks against Canada, imposing multiple rounds of tariffs as well as import restrictions.
Belarus is “authoritarian state,” where “elections are openly rigged and civil liberties are severely restricted,” according to Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group Freedom House, which releases annual reports on the state of democracy around the world.
Belarus scored seven out of 100 on the think tank’s freedom index. Canada scored 97.
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@Doug Brown
GREAT GREAT COMMENT !!!!!!!!
Don’t WE all want to pay less. If the US would become a Canadian province, he would get a cheaper price. Governor Trump should be onboard.
No. Price remains the same.
No. Price remains.
I wonder if Trump is only looking at the price per tonne rather than looking at the landed cost with shipping? Considering the infrastructure to ship to the USA is a short-haul train I would think the landed cost is less from Canada.
Can’t be sure but would be interesting to see the math gymnastics in Trump’s head.
Yankee doodler Dani is still buying American booze along with governor moe . Traitors
Ok Waco taco tarriff king remove all Terri’s from Canadian goods and apologize for your stupidity, then Canada will continue to supply Americans with potash at premium prices
We should stop all potash sales to tge US. And if they (Trumpola) want it after, price goe up 20%. Let the moron deal wit this. Let the American people feel the full circle of their madman’s wrath.
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Higher price now , The United States has been ripping off Canada for far too long.
IMO because Trump has interfered in Canada’s business and economics, Canada ought to sell potash to the U.S. at an even higher price than before to help off set the cost of mining due to skyrocketing diesel and fuel prices his meddling with the markets by starting an illegal war. Just because he has finally realized getting (some) potash from another continent will cost much more due to rail and shipping costs (and length of time to get it) does not give him the right to expect Canada to sell to him at marked down prices! Especially so when he was bellowing not long ago saying that “America doesn’t need ANYTHING from Canada.” Well now. I think this is one time Canada should be an opportunist. Charge what it will cost them to by overseas and let Canada gain on this “deal”. After all, that’s what Trump would do. That is what he called “The Art of The Deal”.. I hope our PM can be ruthless about this, and others that will come our way soon. OH Canada ❤️🇨🇦
No, actually. The price has now gone up 50% due to tariffs
Raise the price .Don’t tell us what to do you orange fart.Dont need anything from us eh
I agree with PP … triple the price until the lying bastard removes ALL tariffs…BUT how can we trust the piece of SH * ??!!??
A man who says the United States doesn’t need anything from Canada, we have nothing to offer should eat those words. No deals!!!
I think we should raise the price, they have absolutely no one else to turn to. Show them that all their bloviating about not needing us is just so much garbage. And if that means American farmers suffer, well they overwhelmingly voted for this, so they can sit there and take it.
Silly president pompous and all you Liberals that still listen to and believe what he says. Even if Belarus gives the potash away, by the time goes by train to the coast, loads in a ship, sails across the pond, unloads at port, and goes by rail to the agriculture heartland, it will be more expensive then buying Saska potash sent south by rail. Simple economics folks.
If he wants a lower price then he can buy it from Belarus, just like he said he would. After all Donald Trump brayed on Truth Social: “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” Anyone who believes what he says is a perfect target for being scammed!
Trump has reached his best before date ! Time to ignore him until he self implodes.
Trump is a capitalist and this is a supply and demand issue. We have it, they need it. I think we should jack the price while that mango turd or Republicans are in power.
Johnnyv. I agree with your view with one exception. The US has beem in decline for years, but Trump has sped it up. Increased inflation, lost jobs, and higher interest rates caused by Trump’s economic, immigration, and international trade policy have doomed the US to isolation and failure.
USA is boyfrid .. they depend on Cnada .. and Immigrants going to take over Canada n USA.. and there ill be no Locals
Trump the Giant smelly fart that just won’t go away .
The truth, yes Canada has a lot of other things we they need. Of course USA buys a lot of forestry products from BC instead of Oregon forests. Our whole country is 70% forests! So I get feeling sorry for some USA suppliers that cannot compete with our vast resources. Blame Mother nature. But again, lets talk over a beer. No slander and no tariffs.
Finally! Instead of tariffs, we have a talk like, I don’t know……BUSINESS PARTNERS! Maybe his onset of dementia he has forgotten how to bargain like friendly neighbours.
As an Alberta conservative, Trump is long overdue for a check-up from the neck-up. If the Potash is expensive, it’s because of the cost of transport diesel, of which he is the direct cause. Nobody to blame but himself. As usual, he didn’t bother to check first if Belarus could deliver, which they can’t.
As usual Trump thinks if he makes threats countries will bow down to him. Finally everyone has figured him out. His statement of we don’t need Canada just is another example of this. Early on countries hadn’t figured this out and fell to this and made bad deals. The empire of the United States is slowly decaying and over the next decades we will continue to see the erosion of the power it can yield. Remember all empires fail over time and the United States is no different. Trump is just accelerating the inevitable
Put the price up.Everything they sell us costs more , Inflation. No Deals. They needed it real bad.
Potash is a major bargaining chip. No potash, no crops. Canada should use it’s leverage.
Trump doesn’t need anything from Canada !
Give trump the better price that he wants. 100% tariff on Potash. Thant’s what he would do if the tables were turned.
Bwahahaha Canada should charge more now. What an idiot.
Spot price is $386.90, Canadian price for US is $372.50. It’s already discounted.
Anonymous takes it in the ass and begs for more while biting his pillow.
Belarus essentially told him no, as most of their product goes to Russia. Trump thought it would be easy and found out otherwise. Now he’s crawling back to Canada, but wants a discount. It’s already sold to them at a subsidized price. Quite frankly, pay the market level price, especially after the threats to our sovereignty.
Anonymous the village idiot…..I anoint you the Title Of Stupidest Comment of the Day….congratulations Numpty…you earnes it…dozens of foolish comments !
You pay what everyone else pays
What he wants and what he gets are two totally
different things.
To those who say that Carney didn’t negotiate properly with Trump, try to remember that appeasement doesn’t work and that the goal in negotiations is to get a good deal and not to give in to bad faith negotiations to get any deal. Good thing you have no hope of getting into power or Canada would be doomed.
Just drop the Industrial Carbon Tax on potash mining. That will drop the price 30% for our farmers and for export
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Will people stop jumping when trump farts. It is embarrassing living amongst such fools
Don’t worry, Liberals will fail to negotiate, again.
Belarus can’t supply the product.President of Belarus’ own words.Trump asking Canada for lower price in view of the trade war between the two countries is absurd.He should have done his homework before shooting his mouth off and getting caught in his own rhetoric.
Anonymous
September 22, 2026 at 8:23 pm
So Trump shouldn’t deal with Belarus because of their involvement with the Russian war against Ukraine yet it’s ok for Canada to deal with China who is also in support of Russia in the Ukraine war. Talk about a double standard
Simple. China isn’t attacking everyone azzhole. Oh big bad China. China china china! F*CK YOU. You attack everyone. No one needs deal with you either f8ckface.
Never give in to Trump, actually Canada should raise the price. Apparently the US is the largest purchaser where 80% is from Canada.
Charge more! They don’t need it anyway
We want cheaper prices and no tariffs on the goods we “might” buy from the US. Trump is just a troublesome dictating person who wants his own way about everything while putting Canada and Canadians down. Not impressing any of us!
us should pay more, not less
Good for him. I want cheaper gas and groceries. Doesn’t mean it’s going to happen
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Apparently, Dozy Don wasn’t paying attention during his economics courses at Wharton. If you get to another potential supplier and that supplier tell you that he can’t supply you more potash because he already has maxed out his production (and has binding deals with other partner), you don’t get to go back at your current supplier with your tail between your legs and bark that you want a better deal. If anything, the president just demonstrated that the U.S. lacks “customer’s purchasing power’ over its Canadian supplier (Micheal Porter’s diamond)…
David best comes here to type as he can’t talk due to a bad case of cox suckers cramp
50 % tariff on the potash , and another 50 % on just being meat puppet trumpette. Otherwise it’s a..Hard No ..eh.
Make the USA pay dearly for our potash
Have you ever seen a picture of the top of Putin’s head ?
DawnE took it … 😉
Price ?
Sure we can give you a real good price …
But , of course … The TARIFF could be steep , somewhere around 75% !
Remember , Mr DRUMPFT you don’t need anything from Canada !! 😂🇨🇦🤑
The usual poop flinging monkeys out in force cheering Trump as he eats crow.
No Donald. IF we sell you potash, We will raise the price to equal your tariffs on lumber, and other items.
Anonymous the village idiot..spewing off again…nothing to offer but childish remarks, name calling….anonymous, change your name to village idiot. It fits better…Really.
You elbows up bone heads must be somthing real dumb to actually think liberals are doing such a great job . Homless everyplace. Most Canadians can’t even pay their bills and you cox cucker carney just gave away another 100 million to Palestine like a real f*** hero !! Not even his money. Then there is the 24.5 billion to courpt Ukraine. You peoplexare f*** brainless elbows up your azz holes !!
Anonymous is a village idiot…spewing nonsense over and over….every article…. lonely…dim witted…reaching out for human response….kind of sad really…
Other sells what Canada sells. Canada has no leverage. Elbows Up
@david best
guess that makes you the village moron eh????
The cue ball comb over caused the price to go up with his war. We should add a 50% tariff to that item not give a better deal!
Bozo the orange idiot can likely get Putin, after a helmet shine and swallow, to force Belarus to sell cheaper. What he doesn’t take into account is the potash is over 5000 mi or 8000 km and who pays the shipping.
Trumps still laughing that Canadian soldiers wore dark green uniforms in early 2002 in Afghanistan .
Trump don’t want that funny money.
He not trading he is an extortionist. Plus he just threatened European with more tariffs. They just signed a deal last year. Beware, are guy just gave him a bridge. LoL
This is hilarious. Capitalist love capitalism when it benefits them. However as soon as the scales turn, they start screaming for socialism (cheaper prices). Absolutely not, this is the bed you made and this is the bed you lay in.
@Ben. What private investors? You a capitalist now, clown?
Triple the price until All tariffs are removed!!
Uday Rana is either a moron like Ben or they are the same clown
The blue jays and raptors shouldn’t be allowed in american sport league’s
Golfer1 bent over and got a hole in one
Its funny to read te comments. The liberal bots are flooding it .power of suggestion
Curious george was sure curious. But like tbe scare crow. Hes got no brain
No deal on potash..No trade deal
Alberta and Saskatchewan should seperate from canada and liberal control its a win for everyone
No deals DJT!
Look at you clowns with your elbows up attitude. That’s why you’re in this mess. Keep swallowing the propaganda. Elbows down. Buns up!
Sorry Tramp…stand in line and pay market price like everyone else!
lol trump = Moron 😂
NOPE!
If the US wants they could cross the border and take it for free. maybe they will.
Belarus doesn’t have the infrastructure, nor the private investors, to increase potash exports. Investors will be wary of investing in a dictatorship. So the answer to Trump is no. Good grief.
Look at that. A potential point of leverage if only you go back to negotiating. “If we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu” – Mark Carney.
It must be so weird to go through life without having to plan. Just wake up and wait for the phone to ring. If it doesn’t, tear up an old agreement and extort concessions from someone you already deal with.
It’s all “Ready, Fire!, Aim” with Trump.
Anonymous. You’re assuming that Belarus will sell. Belarus is selling its annual production to long term customets though contracts. Why risk losing those stable customers for sales to the US until Trump changes his mind? Why sell at a discount to the US? A deal with the US was probably never a possibility.
We should increase the price for Trump. US doesn’t need any Canadian products, right? So, who cares if we increased the price by 50%.
So Trump shouldn’t deal with Belarus because of their involvement with the Russian war against Ukraine yet it’s ok for Canada to deal with China who is also in support of Russia in the Ukraine war. Talk about a double standard
GIVE HIM A BUCK OFF OR f*CK OFF!
I mean do you walk into a store and say “your prices are too high make them cheaper for me”? Forget trump, he started this mess now he’s reaping what he sows
We see your cheaper potash and raise you zero percent auto tariffs.
Canadian companies should definitely increase the price now. I thought the US didn’t need anything Canada had to offer?
A perfect opportunity to sit down the toddler and have a talk with him about how to act when you want something.
USA farmers turning on trump.
Tariffs are taxes on them.
Fact.
Sorry. You said you were buying elsewhere so we just made a deal to export ours. You lose. You want back in then the price increases 50%.
Raise the price, where else is he going to get it? Put a 50% export tax on it, see what happens. He will pay.
Forgot, me want potato ash
What happened to the great deal with Belarus
Me want everything. Me beast president in history. Me destroy usa, er, me mean destroy world.
trump your a real funny guy. good luck with that
lol trump your a real guy
Trump will never understand economics or he is desperate. Potash is a global commodity, linked to the market price of gas and diesel. Trump raised the tariffs by 50%, some at total ban (government) on Canadian products. So Canada will never sell at lower price. Canada needs the money to sustain from the tariff war that was created by Trump. To the American farmers, gracefully thank your president Trump for creating higher costs of food for you, your fellow Americans, and the rest of the world.
If Trump wants cheaper potash, then he should not have threatened to take his business elsewhere. He should not have declared economic war on Canada.
If one wants something, then quid pro quo, what is he willing to trade for it. Reducing his illegal tariffs are not acceptable as a trade. They will come off anyway.
lol, f ypu!
And I would like to fly to the moon….so, how about we compromise. Canada will continue to sell the US potash at fair market value, no discount, and the USA will drop all tariffs and comply with CUSMA and also invest substantially to reduce the illicit drugs and guns coming from the USA into Canada. One final thing, you Mr Trump and your buddies will be silent on any negative talk about Canada. Good, deal. Thank you
No discount whatsoever!
Raise the price. The Americans need to sober up.
Nah, price should go up. Can’t get it anywhere else. That’s how supply and demand works but Trump doesn’t understand even simple things.
Knob
David
You are getting to be tiresome!
It’s good to want things. I worked with someone who wanted the resurrection of Christ.
Just because you want something, doesn’t mean you’re going to get it.
What a brilliant businessman. In 24 hours Trump has confirmed that the US has no viable alternative to Canadian potash and that his hope for a lower price is unrealistic. This is why he’s declared bankruptcy six times, has run every other legitimate business into the ground, and has trashed the US economy since taking office. We shouldn’t offer a discount. We should ask for a premium instead.
We should just stop selling it to them. Or we should double the price. He says we’re nasty. I say we show him how nasty we can be.
He’s up to his usual con artist self. I would raise the price because a major input cost namely diesel has increased because of him. Add that to the cost of your war donald.
Stuff it pumpkin head
Sell it to other countries.
Why should u get it cheaper . Put a tariff on it only for the US as long as trump is president
Anonymous is a village idiot….still…and always…..pass it on.
Want a lower price? Drop your ridiculous tariffs and maybe we can talk. Otherwise we should impose an export tax.