Trump Freed 123 Political Prisoners From a Dictatorship. All He Wanted Was Fertilizer.

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Trump Freed 123 Political Prisoners From a Dictatorship. All He Wanted Was Fertilizer. In December, Trump struck a deal that barely made headlines. The US lifted sanctions on Belarus — sanctions in place since a rigged 2020 election and expanded after Belarus let Russia stage part of its Ukraine invasion from its territory. In exchange, the dictatorship released 123 political prisoners. Almost nobody asked why Washington suddenly cared about freeing prisoners from one of Europe's most repressive regimes. The answer is potash. 80-90% of the potash American farmers use every year comes from Canada — nearly all of it from Saskatchewan, which alone produces roughly a third of the world's supply. The US imported over 12 billion kilograms last year, worth $4+ billion. When Trump's tariffs briefly touched potash, Canada's exports hit a RECORD in January as American buyers rushed to stockpile ahead of a rate that mostly never even applied — nearly all Saskatchewan potash already crosses duty

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