In early July 2026, Trump began promoting a network of 25 “Freedom Fuel” gas stations in the greater Philadelphia area and southern New Jersey, selling gasoline at $3.47 a gallon, a number pitched as a nod to Trump being the 47th president. The White House has touted the discounts. Almost everything else about the network is opaque.
No business called “Freedom Fuel Network” is registered in Pennsylvania or New Jersey. A Delaware entity, “Freedom Fuel Network, LLC,” applied for a trademark on July 1, the same day Trump began promoting the network on social media, and lists as its address a Delaware office building that serves as the registered agent for hundreds of thousands of businesses. The attorney who filed the trademark declined to say anything beyond what is in the public database, stating she was “not authorized to disclose any information.”
The White House says the network is a private company that received no subsidies and that the administration is “not involved in the company,” while also asserting there is “no other entity or person subsidizing the lower gasoline costs.” The two claims are hard to square with the economics: analysts estimated the price cuts could saddle the 25 stations with losses of more than $250,000 a month. Someone is absorbing the difference on a gas network branded to the president, and no one will say who.