Mystery surrounds 'Freedom Fuel' gas stations touted by Trump

[DrFunkenstein]

Source: The Hill

In recent days, President Trump has touted 25 “Freedom Fuel” gas stations, but little is publicly known about the stations or who is running them.

The gas stations, located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are selling fuel at relatively low prices, and Trump’s admiration comes as he’s trying to pressure other gas retailers to cut their prices as well.

A White House official has described the Freedom Fuel Network as a private company and said that the administration is not involved with it. It also is not receiving federal funding, and there is no other entity or person subsidizing the cost, per the White House.
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Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at Gulf Oil, said the prices they were selling at “do not work in today’s market.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5963065-freedom-fuel-trump-gas-stations/

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Surely, this is being done through promised tax breaks. These companies literally cannot break close to even with these prices, and dozens of gas stations are not simply going to eat massive debt just for patriotic exuberance. I can tell you on a personal level that this is a very MAGA area and the gas station I actually recognize is filled with MAGA folk (it's literally across the street from a firing range).

Using tax breaks instead of direct funding is a way to put a thumb on the market to benefit the government that would have the GOP howling "communist" if it was being done by Mamadani. But since it is being done in service of Trump's corruption, I'm sure they are 100% on board the Toady Express.