The Gas Is Cheap -- Trump Isn't Saying Who's Paying for It
Trump unveiled the "Freedom Fuel Network" ahead of Independence Day, offering gasoline at up to 50 cents per gallon below market prices.
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... President Donald Trump promoted a network of Philadelphia-area gas stations offering discount prices as a gift to the American people around Independence Day. It's not clear who's footing the bill. The White House has said only that the venture is a private company willing to take a hit on its profit margins to help American drivers struggling with high prices following the war in Iran. Trump himself said on social media it is backed by a "VERY smart Retailer" that is "doing this because they love the U.S.A." The Freedom Fuel Network's bare-bones website lists the 25 participating stations across southeastern Pennsylvania and south Jersey. Many of those stations changed their branding to the Freedom Fuel Network virtually overnight, according to local newsreports. More than a half-dozen fuel industry analysts and officials, including some who work with retailers in the two states, told POLITICO they had no idea who was behind the effort and were baffled at how the retailer could survive offering discounts of up to 50 cents per gallon, well below market rate. ...
It's not clear who's footing the bill.
The White House has said only that the venture is a private company willing to take a hit on its profit margins to help American drivers struggling with high prices following the war in Iran. Trump himself said on social media it is backed by a "VERY smart Retailer" that is "doing this because they love the U.S.A."
The Freedom Fuel Network's bare-bones website lists the 25 participating stations across southeastern Pennsylvania and south Jersey. Many of those stations changed their branding to the Freedom Fuel Network virtually overnight, according to local newsreports.
More than a half-dozen fuel industry analysts and officials, including some who work with retailers in the two states, told POLITICO they had no idea who was behind the effort and were baffled at how the retailer could survive offering discounts of up to 50 cents per gallon, well below market rate. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-10 01:11 PM | Reply
a private company willing to take a hit on its profit margins
Sounds like Lewzer is running it himself. Has anyone ever bankrupted a gas station?
#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-10 01:26 PM | Reply
Gub'mint institutionalized antitrust... is what it is. A lot of franchise owners and private shops are being underbid... to make a point?
#3 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-07-10 03:53 PM | Reply
It's a promotional "Grand Opening" sale and you clowns are -------- your pants. Even the Kanuk ---- his pants and he doesn't even live here.
#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-10 04:02 PM | Reply
It's already gone up in most locations.
Just another Cheap Trick.
How 'bout those Epstein Files still being illegally hidden by DJT?
#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-10 04:05 PM | Reply
@#4 ... It's a promotional "Grand Opening" sale ...
That's not how Pres Trump is framing it.
#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-10 04:13 PM | Reply
@#5 ... It's already gone up in most locations. ...
Would be interesting to use google street view to see the prior signage of the stations, and then track who the owner might be.
... The White House has said only that the venture is a private company willing to take a hit on its profit margins ...
#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-10 04:15 PM | Reply
Gas Buddy tracking Freedom Fuel...
"Freedom Fuel gas prices are rising only days after debut, GasBuddy data indicates"
www.newsnationnow.com
#8 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-10 04:21 PM | Reply
This $htshow just gets more pathetic every week.
#9 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-07-10 04:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
at up to 50 cents per gallon below market prices.
I guess 0.005 cents per gallon below market fits that description.
#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-10 05:40 PM | Reply
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