Trump Is Promoting 'Freedom Fuel' for $3.47 a Gallon. Who's Behind It?

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Trump Is Promoting ‘Freedom Fuel’ for $3.47 a Gallon. Who’s Behind It?

The president has praised a network of 25 recently rebranded gas stations in the Philadelphia region that have been selling gas for considerably less than the national average.

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President Trump has promoted a chain of newly rebranded gas stations across the Philadelphia area with lower gas prices. The New York Times has not been able to get detailed information about who is behind the stations. The Trump administration says it did not fund or subsidize the company. Hannah Beier for The New York Times

By Audra D. S. Burch and Mark Bonamo
Mark Bonamo reported from Philadelphia and Bristol, Pa.

July 10, 2026
An otherwise unremarkable gas station in Bristol, Pa., lured passing drivers this week with something many had not glimpsed in months: a price of $3.47 per gallon.

The former Valero station is one in a chain of 25 newly branded Freedom Fuel gas stations in the Philadelphia region, promoted by President Trump and the White House but with no information about who owns them — or why they are willing to undercut competitors by at least 50 cents a gallon.

“They are doing this because they love the U.S.A.,” Mr. Trump said of the stations in a social media post on July 1, crediting “a VERY smart retailer, located throughout the Northeast.”

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