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    The spokesperson said the Trump administration is not involved with the company and is not subsidizing the gas stations, adding that the stations can offer lower prices by reducing their profit margins.

    Yes, because famously gas stations make a ton of money on gas sales… pull someone else’s leg, mine is long enough already.

    “Thanks, Trump, for saving me some money,” said a customer based in Philadelphia, where the state average for a gallon of gasoline is $3.98.

    So which is true? If Trump and/or the government have nothing to do with it, then IDK, maybe thank whoever is choosing to take a loss selling gasoline below market price. If it is Trump and/or the government, then why is this company saying that it isn’t being subsidized?

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      The spokesperson said the Trump administration is not involved with the company

      Bullshit. These stations are in his pocket

      https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/freedom-fuel-gas-station-linked-181004904.html

      According to GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan, the “Freedom Fuel Network” was registered on June 23, 2026, to Corporation Trust Company, a registered agent that has previously been used by Trump-related entities.

      It wouldn’t surprise me if he managed to cut his buddies a sweet deal for Venezuelan oil, and this is how they are repaying him

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      They’ll sell at a loss to get the President to advertise for them on TV

      In a week they’ll be the same price, in a month they’ll be higher due to idiot tax.

      They want people to make their gas station their personality, and trumpets are dumb enough to do it.

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        Next week the magats will be going out of their way to buy “freedom gas” from this station for $4.47 /gal, and they’ll do it with all the smugness and arrogance they can muster

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          I’m sort of torn:

          Is Whitaker just pandering to the reliably-votes-R base? Is this, the world-famous Buc-ee’s and Chick-Fil-A freedom, really going to impress them as a sacred principle that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the Bill of Rights? Maybe!

          Or is Whitaker pandering to the king, signaling that he (Whitaker) has just as much contempt for the peasants as anyone? “Look at the amazing slop you’ve inspired, sir, look at the peasants gobbling it up, sir,” he says, with a tear in his eye.

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            I honestly have no idea.

            Whitaker may just be one of those idiotic types that speak in utter platitudes and might have well just blurted out “Freedom Constitution Eagle, Trump is King, take that libs!” and that’d be sufficient to be in this administration and a “pundit” on Faux News.

            As someone else pointed out who just came back from a walkable area (in the EU) with access to lots of fresh food and no fast food in sight, what Whitaker was describing sounded like Hell on Earth. Stuck in traffic, eating a gas station sandwich in your car, while you are on the phone?

            WTAF.

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      Gas is already a loss-leader for most gas stations…it’s not their primary business. The shit you buy when you’re waiting for the gas pump is where they make their money.

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      the stations can offer lower prices by reducing their profit margins.

      Going out of business to own the libs.