U.S. President Donald Trump says his country will continue to purchase potash from Canada after saying the previous day that he was negotiating with Belarus to purchase the resource from there at a lower price.
Trump made the comments to reporters on Sept. 22 during a bilateral meeting at the U.N. in New York with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump was asked how the deal with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to acquire cheaper potash was going and whether Trump was concerned that money from the deal would strengthen Russia against Ukraine.
“No, not at all. But Belarus has a lot of potash, and our farmers need good prices, and we want to get a lower price than Canada,” Trump said….