More than a half-dozen fuel industry analysts and officials, including some who work with retailers in the two states, told POLITICO they had no idea who was behind the effort and were baffled at how the retailer could survive offering discounts of up to 50 cents per gallon, well below market rate.

Experts in the field all seem to think it's fairly obviously not profitable.

Gas stations changed their branding overnight, the business only incorporated June 23rd, and no one can say who's behind it or who is covering these losses.

It's obviously some shady BS from the trump regime, trying to minimize the impact of their fuckups in iran.