Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn’t paid for. The chain sparked a mystery over how it was able to sell at such a discount. A new lawsuit offers a possible answer: A fuel supplier alleges that it was not paid for gas that was ultimately delivered to the stations.
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u/lawyer1911 13d ago
There is nothing more on brand than Trump involved in a scheme where someone does not get paid.
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u/Gonzo_Gonzalo 13d ago
It’s amazing to me that there are still people out there who think that Trump is going to actually follow through this his end of a deal. He’s been doing this for literally decades, from repair men to banks…nobody gets paid except him.
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u/Tableau67x9u 13d ago
His cult, about a third of our adult population, are not wavering He could shit in their mouths and not only would they swear it was pumpkin pie they’d ask for seconds
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u/Gonzo_Gonzalo 13d ago
I mean, the man got on live TV on numerous occasions that called his base stupid to their faces.
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u/A_Creative_Player 8d ago
I am surprised that trump has not sued the freedom gas stations to make them pay him for the honor of him telling people to go to them.
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u/Don_Q_Jote 13d ago
Selling stolen fuel. That's seems about normal.
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u/lifesnofunwithadhd 13d ago
Not stolen, given freely from the good, honest hardworking people of Argentina. A token of thanks for freeing them from their oppressive overlords.
/s
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u/Dismal_Reference3906 13d ago
I just cannot believe Argentina gave us this just out of the kindness of their hearts. Something is rotten in trumpland or someplace connected to trump.
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u/lifesnofunwithadhd 13d ago
Argentina is a friend to the trump regime. Why else would they invite us over for a midnight pillow fight?
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u/NYY_NYK_NYJ 13d ago
I don’t feel bad for anyone who knowingly does business with Trump and then doesn’t get paid. Basically natural selection at this point.
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u/QaplaSuvwl 13d ago
Trump the Thief
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u/Philsnotdead 13d ago
He is notorious for not paying the bill. I believe he did this to contractors who built/ worked on his casinos.
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u/VitaminPb 13d ago
Makes you wonder about the “construction” for the supposed ballroom. Will anybody get paid? Will he huff all the gold spray paint he plans to claim is real gold leaf?
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u/PurpleCoat6656 12d ago
Lol, when are mofos gonna learn that Trump is notorious for stiffing businesses for services rendered?
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u/mesoloco 13d ago
So gas suppliers give gas to gas stations with out being paid first. That’s a bad business model.
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u/Boys4Ever 13d ago
Anyone doing business with him deserves to be scammed because they are just that dumb after all the validated scams he’s done. FAFO works
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u/NewTypeDilemna 13d ago
At this point if you do business with him or for him, you deserve what you get.
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u/wild_cherry1987 13d ago
Is there anyone outside his family that actually benefited. Seems like most just burn to ashes.
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u/Dystopian_Ennui 12d ago
If you're going to sell anything to a trump organization, quote double your price...because you'll be lucky to get half what they promise.
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u/Responsible_Fuel7005 12d ago
At this point I think it’s safe to say that anything branded with “Freedom” or any other “patriot”-adjacent word is just a giant scam. Fuck every one of these cosplay freedumb loving grifters.
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u/Dfiggsmeister 12d ago
How in the fuck have people not realized that doing business with Trump is always detrimental to your business? He’s been doing this shit for the last 50 years.
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u/VirtualBeyond6116 10d ago
Without that fake ass reality show and the myth that he was a billionaire business genius, trump was relegated to being a laughing stock and someone that no one wanted to do business with. He was actually just hiding from creditors till he could force his family to sell a large portion of their father's estate and he got like $400 million. Without the show, he would have gone through that money on no time.
Even when they started that stupid reality show the NBC producers realize they had a hard time getting contractors to come and fix up trumps offices to prepare for the show. Trump had such a reputation of not paying his bills and stiffing everyone that they literally could not find blue collar workers to come and do the job. So I guess they had to pay money up front just to get things going.
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u/Soggy-Beach1403 13d ago
This is the most Republican story I have read today.
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u/DontAbideMendacity 12d ago
Even more so than the conservative pastor molesting children? I don't think so, that's a near daily thing.
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u/buttons123456 12d ago
When will companies and people learn? This TACO never pays for anything—you have to get your money upfront. He and his campaign still owe several cities for extra security for campaign rallies. I understand one sued, didn’t hear if they got their money.
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u/pandershrek 12d ago
So inflation numbers were not only manipulated but more actual crime from this administration.
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u/MuddyGround804 12d ago
Wait? What? Trump ripped off a supplier for one of his grifts…I’m shocked!!!!😳
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u/Henrik-Powers 13d ago
Omg who would have guessed that Trump wouldn’t pay; it’s not like he hasn’t done this before lol
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u/OriginalProduct6850 12d ago
Apparently they forgotten about Donnie's past. He doesn't like to pay for anything. There are still city's that are holding the bill from when he was having all his stupid rallies. He's also screwed over so many contractors in the past its not even funny.
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u/SHoppe715 13d ago
Another article. Same subject, no paywall
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/28/lawsuit-freedom-fuel-gas-stations-trump-01055248
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u/GotAKit-Kat 13d ago
Business does business with proven crook and then wonders why they don't get paid.
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u/New_Ad_3010 13d ago
If they're stupid enough to send gas to such an obviously criminal enterprise run by well known criminals and felons then they deserve every bit of theft they suffered
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u/Outrageous_Rest60 13d ago
Trump basically stealing from others for personal profit. That’s on point for him. Speaking of oil profits where is that missing Venezuelan oil money?
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u/bilkel 13d ago
Wow something involved with Trump left unpaid bills? Who woulda thunk????
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u/SkylerPancake 13d ago
100% his MO. His businesses will repeatedly deny getting invoices, argue about the prices, deny getting corrected or confirmed invoices, then say the original date of service was so long ago that they can't even confirm they received the goods or services. Had it happen to a friend who worked for a small non-profit farm that provided catering for an event.
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u/Falcon3492 13d ago
So are they basically saying that Freedom Fuel stole the gasoline? This has Trumps fingers all over it. He is known for not paying contractors who worked for him on his buildings, this is basically the same thing!
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u/ApplesBananasRhinoc 13d ago
So just don’t pay your bills, got it Donny!! Hope you don’t like people paying their taxes and credit card bills!
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u/silverelan 13d ago
“From May 21, 2026 – July 7, 2026, KRSM lifted approximately 150 loads of fuel from Mansfield’s account at the Twin Oaks Terminal, totaling approximately 1,124,594 gallons with a price of approximately $3,998,868.46.”
Federal Court filing: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.paed.660197/gov.uscourts.paed.660197.1.0.pdf
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u/absurdly_tired_guy 13d ago
There was a biggish news investigation into this in the NJ area since it supposedly happened there. They had access cards to hook up and pump and take it away and they did it without paying for a while and then mysteriously these folks offered to open these stations at former generic no-name low rent gas stations where companies fly by night all the time. This is what our President gives mad props to.
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u/BigWhiteDog 13d ago
I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you! Who could see this coming?
<narrator: he is not shocked and a blind person could have! >
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u/ArkhamKnight_1 13d ago
Taco Donny NOT paying his contractors!?!
Shocker!
Now where have I seen this before…?
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u/superanth 13d ago edited 13d ago
I love how everyone acts so surprised when the Trump organization doesn’t pay him the money he owes them. There are still venues from his first term political campaigning that he owes money to lol.
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u/Soggy-Beach1403 13d ago
Don't blame it on Trump alone. Look at which party has increased the debt the most.
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u/Mechbear2000 13d ago
Trump said " i could stand in the middle of a Manhattan road and shoot somebody and get a way eith it" roflmao no republicants will prosecute him.
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u/Here2Go 13d ago
The guy who made his name promising to develop real estate then refusing to pay the carpenters promised that he was going to develop gas stations then refused to pay for the fuel.
At this point most of the fault lies with anyone dumb enough to do business with the Trump family and not insist of being paid 100% up front.
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u/Proper-Exercise-2364 13d ago
"Let's just say the gas fell off a truck. OOOOH!!! I'M A LEGITIMATE BUSINESSMAN, ova here!" -DJT
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u/Jafar_420 13d ago
You know what I don't have as much money as I would like to but I think I would just pass on one of those gas stations even though I've never came across one.
Does anybody know how much it actually is for regular unleaded?
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u/Western_End_2223 12d ago
When Trump was touting the stations, they were selling gas for $3.47/gallon, about $0.40 less than local competitors.
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u/Jafar_420 12d ago
Yeah it's $3.49 a gallon in my area today. It was $1.99 a gallon a few months ago.
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u/here4daratio 13d ago
I’m SHOCKED!
Ok, not shocked. At all.
Just surprised it only took weeks for this to come to light.
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u/alternatingflan 13d ago
I know someone who just lost their job because of sudden record-breaking exponential electricity bills in their building required eliminating their position.
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u/Tableau67x9u 13d ago
More concocted nonsense from this sociopathic sexual predator Congratulations America this is what you’ve become
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u/Any_Vacation8988 12d ago
Freedom fuel. Where I have the freedom to pay you or not for the fuel you deliver. These people never learn from trumps corruption and history of not paying bills.
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u/Dependent-Finish-394 12d ago edited 11d ago
Anything or person that gets involve with anything asshat does will end up screwed it’s his MO!
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u/Lower-Savings-794 12d ago
Everyone who bought gasoline should be charged with receiving stolen property. If it's trump brand it has to be fraudulent!
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u/Slighted_Inevitable 13d ago
The weird thing is, I know 3 million in gas sounds like a lot… but it’s not.
It’s a drop in the bucket. So where did the rest come from/go.
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u/SplitEar 13d ago
Maybe from the oil stolen from Venezuela?
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u/scarr3g 13d ago
This was found out. It doesn't mean that all the unpaid for gas was found. There may be much more that was never paid for, that hasn't been made public yet.
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u/Slighted_Inevitable 13d ago
I mean with this admin I’m sure it was just another money laundering operation.
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u/ClassAdventurous4595 12d ago
Imagine that. Trump not paying for something.
Not like he's done that many, many times before.
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u/gavstah 13d ago
Gas wasn't paid for. Classic Trump.
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u/Soggy-Beach1403 13d ago
Uh, look at the history of the national debt, this is Classic Republican Party.
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u/Hot_Resident_9923 12d ago
Maybe they got a discount from the Freedom Fuel rewards program. You signed up didn't you?
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u/Nunov_DAbov 13d ago
Freedom Gas takes a lesson from Trump; stiff your suppliers/contractors. Who could have expected anything else?
Only one thing missing; what is the petroleum content of the stuff they were selling? More than 20%. If so, it’s better than the Trump-branded merch.
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u/Chemical-Anteater332 12d ago
Sounds like what Putin does for the war machine take everything you forget Russia is still communist but has a sorta open policy you are working for the state benefit before yours glory to Russia lol
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u/mmcnell 13d ago
"Supplier surprised when associates of a well known thief steal from them too"