Get your 'Freedom Fuel' now! But don't ask who's paying for it...

Yet another Trump program thrusting the federal government into private industry. The 'Freedom Fuel Network' undercuts gas stations offering the market rate by 32 cents per gallon in two states.

Rather than chime in with the I told you so article that I thought about writing with regard to the resumption of full-fledged war between the U.S. and Iran, I decided to go down a different rabbit hole today.

Donald Trump has driven up the price of gasoline along with other food and energy-related costs by launching an unprovoked war on Iran, causing economic pain for millions of Americans. Enter “Freedom Fuel,” a mysterious entity that attempts to offer some relief at the pump, but who is paying for the subsidies?

Under Trump, we see a strange mixing of government with private business, and we should expect that trend to continue as long as he’s in office. The federal government has taken a direct equity stake in at least 17 companies during Trump’s second term, with investments totaling more than $20 billion, targeting technology, mining, defense-oriented businesses and manufacturing.

You can read more about Trump’s vision to make the U.S. government the biggest player in taking ow…