Also threatening to tariff Canadian potash. Potash is a key component of fertilizer that US farmers need to grow their crops. Most of the potash used in the US comes from Canada farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/02/tari... - ThreadSky

crampell.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Also threatening to tariff Canadian potash. Potash is a key component of fertilizer that US farmers need to grow their crops. Most of the potash used in the US comes from Canada
https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/02/tariff-threats-and-us-fertilizer-imports.html

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dartmanx.bsky.social•6 days ago

And those farmers voted Trump. Have fun not making your mortgage payment and losing your family's farm.

copernicussees.bsky.social•6 days ago

He's probably confusing it with poutine.

evilgenius70.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes but…eggs.

abellemare09.bsky.social•6 days ago

China has framed itself as a counterweight to U.S. trade dependency, presenting opportunities for Canadian businesses in sectors such as agriculture, green technology, and clean energy. Former Canadian Ambassador to China, Guy Saint-Jacques said!

abellemare09.bsky.social•6 days ago

Bonne chance pour trouver de la potasse ailleurs, quoi que Trump a une bonne entente avec Putin car il reste le Belarusse et la Russie comme exportateurs!

ogjojo.bsky.social•6 days ago

This was the only issue that fossil Grassley balked at because it hurts the farmers in his state. Seriously, at 91 does he really plan to run for another term?! He needs to take a trip down the stairs like Moscow Mitch did recently.

davezeltserman.bsky.social•6 days ago

He's also fired up Canadians to boycott our products. Is Canada still boycotting bourbon?

laurelj.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yep we are

getstuffed.bsky.social•4 days ago

If the USA puts tariffs on Canada. Canada needs to put export taxes on potash oil and hydroelectricity make them more expensive in the USA and keep the taxes in Canada

caspercdn.bsky.social•6 days ago

AND Canadians are not going to purchase American goods, sorry (not)

drylandgardener.bsky.social•6 days ago

Chuck Grassley will take umbrage at potash tariffs. He’s already begged Trump for potash to be exempt.

darthfos.bsky.social•6 days ago

“We don’t need products from Canada.”

Well, maybe we should just apply an export ban on potash & see what happens. 🇨🇦

czarbucks.bsky.social•6 days ago

How do you keep sane, while continuously having to report this stuff? Seriously, don't know how you do it, but very grateful to you.

mphinton.bsky.social•6 days ago

Unfortunately, I believe the other 2 major suppliers of potash are Russia and Belarus.

As a SK born Canadian, this knowledge makes me sad.

roberts44163082.bsky.social•6 days ago

Putin will rush to help, at a very special price.

sundogvt.bsky.social•6 days ago

Canada should halt shipping potash. They can substitute Trumps bullshit for their fertilizer.

imacanadianinusa.bsky.social•6 days ago

Grassley will be steamed...

regopontes.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://thedeepdive.ca/chinas-ready-to-take-what-the-u-s-doesnt-need-from-canada/

vaggiman.bsky.social•6 days ago

USA will shift to Belarus and Russia to buy Potash.
3 dicks nation agreement

scottlapstra.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh well

crampell.bsky.social•6 days ago

More info on Trump withholding promised funds from farmers who've already spent on energy upgrades and the like under a federal program.
https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3lhzruabjfc2d

carlailara.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s almost as if all those farmers who voted for him chose poorly.

usmcwizard.bsky.social•6 days ago

So, he doesn't care about America's farmers, either. Elmo and Felon34-In-Chief don't care about anyone or anything except lining their own pockets and their oligarch buddies. By the way, the Republican budget does NOT have anything about no tax on tips, or social security - more empty promises.

karenjoyroth.bsky.social•4 days ago

75 million+ people knew this is what he is about. That’s one of the many, many reasons we didn’t vote for him.

ruralindependent.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s not just breaking existing contracts and refusing to reimburse. Basically all NEW USDA contracts are also on hold, not just on energy, but on water conservation, wildlife protection, soil health, etc. And thousands of USDA staff who help farmers connect to these programs got fired last week.

karenjoyroth.bsky.social•4 days ago

FAFO

joycejustice.bsky.social•6 days ago

The criminal sexual assaulter sit in the Oval office and rip his supporters to thread. He has President Musk taking away their jobs and leaving them without pay check.Is what MAGA voted for? I thought it was to fix the economy and lower egg price. Russia and China is having a field day with this.

joycejustice.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump will kill all of America if he lasts two years. Look what happened during Covid, he almost kill half the country while sending covid medication to Putin. Americans were dying so he told them to drink Lysol.

jacksonmcbride.bsky.social•6 days ago

I wonder how many farmers and their families voted for Trump instead of Harris.

If they voted for Trump, they are getting what they voted for.

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karenjoyroth.bsky.social•4 days ago

Amazon boycott-forever!

capecodcountry.bsky.social•6 days ago

And the farmers will still support him, no matter what. Fools.

crampell.bsky.social•6 days ago

More info on Trump's freeze on a 70-year-old, $2 billion USAID program that has purchased surplus commodities from American farmers to distribute as food assistance overseas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/14/usaid-trump-farmers-food-for-peace-kansas/

v-martin01.bsky.social•6 days ago

Let these traitors “scramble” all they want to! Your hands are bloody. Your spines are absent. We will not forget your cowardice.

pruitigoe.bsky.social•6 days ago

LOL…fuck you Trump voting farmers…😀

yolowinr.bsky.social•5 days ago

Does Trump work for Russia? This is a serious question with all the things he's doing I mean think about all the things he's doing he's doing so many things. Is he trying to please Putin?

whatmaybe.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh no! The poor farmers that voted for him got what they deserved

lovedemocracytoday.bsky.social•6 days ago

What is your estimate as when inflation takes off. Why is Wall Street still behind them?

kenroth.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes, a lot of people are going to be surprised how important so many government spending programs are to them personally - and that they voted for the guy eliminating them.

pt007.bsky.social•6 days ago

📌

libdoc.bsky.social•6 days ago

What % of American farmers voted MAGA? Let ‘em sink.

americanfuture.bsky.social•6 days ago

That’s a newsflash. I didn’t know those f-ers were alive.

mrobespierre.bsky.social•6 days ago

States are probably going to have to give foreign aid to friendly countries. I’m hoping that other trading partners of the United States punish the red states.

Everything treasonous criminal Donald Trump and his boyfriend Elon have done so far has hurt MAGATS the most

crampell.bsky.social•6 days ago

Forgot this one. Trump released water from two reservoirs in Central Valley, allegedly to help LA fires (even though the water doesn’t flow to LA). This nearly flooded local farms and wasted billions of gallons of water that farmers expected to use this spring and summer https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5287016/farmers-are-worried-after-trump-released-billions-of-gallons-of-water-in-california

towncalledmalice.bsky.social•6 days ago

📌

cwacht.bsky.social•6 days ago

So this is what they meant when they said Trump "turned on the water."

I was curious why they used that phrase without explicitly stating what actions were taken.

fogelberg.bsky.social•6 days ago

ajohnkim.bsky.social•6 days ago

He's counting on you to forget again come spring and summer

mikekobow.bsky.social•6 days ago

And the Right touted this as a major win.

sheesh49.bsky.social•6 days ago

He’s trying to disrupt CA’s economy.

tabuto.bsky.social•6 days ago

Spread the word. Repost everywhere please. #Protest Can we get this trending
Try these sites to find a local Protest for tomorrow February 17 they're updated frequently
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morrismillhouse.bsky.social•6 days ago

ETTD

r3fugiado.bsky.social•6 days ago

You didn't forget. That week (like since Jan) was full of stupidity so while this is major news something worse was being covered.

johnspikowski.com•6 days ago

Next Trumpa will release our nuclear arsenal making sure the launch codes Biden gave him really work.

amwclark.bsky.social•6 days ago

"Here, guys, test these codes out back. Don't get smoke in the (White) house."

catpushmike.bsky.social•6 days ago

No help intended. It was a petulant, impulsive act because people were mocking his deranged fantasies of how water flows.

butterisbetter1.bsky.social•6 days ago

How totally ignorant and oblivious are 1000 Tulare County farmers? Can they not comprehend how to and NOT to use reservoir water properly? I can't believe they have the competence to grow anything if they don't even understand water use.

butterisbetter1.bsky.social•6 days ago

I do NOT understand why whoever released the water did it! Do NOT obey orders from insane people!!!!

ozwiltshire.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ahh, yes, Donald Trump, the fuckwit-in-chief.

jetsettrek.bsky.social•6 days ago

Been thinking about this one. Since he created a looming water crisis in California, can we start by cutting off the water supply to his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes?

houdini100.bsky.social•6 days ago

California maga farmers: FAFO

shanedaley.bsky.social•6 days ago

The hits keep coming

rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Also, USAID was paying for the removal of Vietnam-era land mines in Cambodia. When aid was frozen, China stepped in to fund the project. Cambodia is pushed closer to China and further from us. This is an example of the soft power and humanitarian benefits of USAID.

dustoleum.bsky.social•6 days ago

Honestly, they're in better hands with China at this point.

lillysrouter.bsky.social•6 days ago

No worries, trump is busy making a deal with Belarus and Russia to get their potash in exchange for Ukraine plus several Eastern European countries to be named later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belaruskali

sqep.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes and they are now looking to Belarus for potash.

tferguson2018.bsky.social•6 days ago

That should be cheaper 👀

sqep.bsky.social•6 days ago

Its deeply concerning as they're working with dictators to sideline former allies. Nightmare.

tferguson2018.bsky.social•6 days ago

Agree.

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