Trump Phones Delayed Again? MAGA Supporters Rage After Paying $100 Deposits
Lawmakers say 590,000 buyers paid $100 deposits for a phone that has not shipped, as the company’s terms say deposits are not binding.
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Not a single phone has been delivered to subscribers, although deliveries were previously promised to take place in the first quarter of this year.
Nearly 600,000 Buyers Paid $60 Million for a Gold Trump Phone That Has Never Arrived
Trump Mobile was announced on 16 June 2025 at Trump Tower in New York City by Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of their father's 2016 presidential campaign launch. The venture was built around a single flagship product — the T1, a gold-coloured Android smartphone priced at $499 (£370) and pitched as a patriotic alternative to Apple and Samsung. Buyers were asked to put down a $100 (£74) deposit to secu…
MAGA as right wing affinity fraud
As an ideological movement, MAGA is fairly straightforward and uncomplicated: America is a nation founded by and for white Christians (“Christian” here has the rather specialized meaning it’s given in white Christian nationalist discourse, i.e., white Protestant evangelicals), and those who aren’t both members of this tribe and committed to maintaining or re-establishing its cultural and political dominance aren’t Real Americans, properly unders…
Trump Mobile's T1 phone: what your $100 deposit actually bought Trump supporters
Around 600,000 people paid a $100 deposit for the Trump Phone, a gold-coloured Android smartphone endorsed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, marketed as a patriotic alternative to Apple and Samsung, and promising American manufacturing at an honest price. As of May 2026, not a single confirmed customer has received the device. The backlash, which has been building since last summer, is now very public and very loud.What was originally promised…
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