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riversedge

(82,430 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:37 PM 3 hrs ago

Trump-backed Freedom Fuel Network debuts in N.J. with unclear gas savings: 'Absolutely unrealistic'

Source: nj.com


Updated: Jul. 07, 2026, 1:21 p.m.

Can a Freedom Fuel Network lower driver's gas costs?
A motorist removes a pump nozzle to add fuel to their car at a filling station in Philadelphia. A group of Philadelphia area gas stations, including five in New Jersey formed a Freedom Fuel Network promising gas savings. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP

By Larry Higgs | NJ.com

As gas prices decline in New Jersey, can a Freedom Fuel Network deliver even lower prices?

President Donald Trump announced on June 30 that the network would lower gas prices at Philadelphia-area gas stations, which include five New Jersey gas stations, Fox Business reported.

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Trump said that Freedom Fuel Network is “taking the lead” and urged other gas retailers to follow.

The Freedom Fuel Network website shows three participating stations in Atlantic County, one in Burlington County and another in Camden County.

The website proclaims “your savings begin here” but doesn’t have much more information. It only lists gas stations by location with a link to a map and individual stations’ addresses. No brand names or prices are shown...............................



Read more: https://www.nj.com/bergen/2026/07/trump-backed-freedom-fuel-network-debuts-in-nj-with-unclear-gas-savings-absolutely-unrealistic.html



This is the first I have heard of it.
Maybe it will help some folks. More power to them.








Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸
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25 gas stations out of 120,000 in the US.

This is Trump’s entire con in a nutshell:
Try to fix a problem that isn’t a problem.
Make it a problem.
Deny you made it a problem.
“Fix” the problem with propaganda instead of a solution.
Make the problem worse.
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FREEDOM FUEL HAS ARRIVED. ⛽️🇺🇸

The FIRST Freedom Fuel Network gas station has LANDED in Philadelphia, lowering the price at the pump to $3.47 for our 47th President.



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Trump-backed Freedom Fuel Network debuts in N.J. with unclear gas savings: 'Absolutely unrealistic' (Original Post) riversedge 3 hrs ago OP
GasBuddy is nationwide and has a discount card bucolic_frolic 3 hrs ago #1
I understood that they basically sold at cost + tax underpants 3 hrs ago #2
Great, a Trump phone and Gold Sneaks, please bucolic_frolic 3 hrs ago #3
This was in New Jersey and they pumped their own gas? underpants 2 hrs ago #5
At some point it did bucolic_frolic 2 hrs ago #6
White House Busted Subsidizing Gas Station Chain's Discount mahatmakanejeeves 3 hrs ago #4
Notice how he's not asking the big oil companies to dip into their overcharged profits? mdbl 1 hr ago #7
Well, AFAIC, here's your first clue... slightlv 33 min ago #8
They're using Russian gas left unburned when the tanker was hit by Ukrainian drone. Wonder Why 29 min ago #9

bucolic_frolic

(56,465 posts)
1. GasBuddy is nationwide and has a discount card
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:41 PM
3 hrs ago

Not much room to drop prices in gasoline ... they make 20-30 cents a gallon, or so I read somewhere. No incentive to sell at breakeven ...

underpants

(197,995 posts)
2. I understood that they basically sold at cost + tax
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:44 PM
3 hrs ago

Gas stations are counting on you coming inside and buying something, anything

bucolic_frolic

(56,465 posts)
3. Great, a Trump phone and Gold Sneaks, please
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:55 PM
3 hrs ago

This is SJ area, I bet this was put in motion at his Wildwood NJ rallies a few months back

Station owners are probably former caravaners from 2020

mdbl

(9,074 posts)
7. Notice how he's not asking the big oil companies to dip into their overcharged profits?
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 07:03 PM
1 hr ago

He's making the retailers eat the loss.

slightlv

(8,250 posts)
8. Well, AFAIC, here's your first clue...
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 08:23 PM
33 min ago
No brand names or prices are shown...............................

Wonder Why

(7,517 posts)
9. They're using Russian gas left unburned when the tanker was hit by Ukrainian drone.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 08:28 PM
29 min ago

A few pieces of metal in it but your fuel filter will catch them.

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