https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-mobile-t1-phone-scandal-1795914>The T1 'Trump phone' promised a 'Made in the USA' build but left buyers without devices or refunds.>Nearly 600,000 Trump supporters paid £74 ($100) each towards a gold smartphone that, nearly a year on, does not exist.>The Trump Mobile T1 phone was announced in June 2025 by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump as a patriotic alternative to Apple and Samsung, retailing at £370 ($499) and promising a 'Made in the USA' build.>An estimated 590,000 buyers paid a £74 ($100) deposit to secure one, collectively handing the venture roughly £43.7 million ($59 million). As of May 2026, not a single confirmed customer has received the device. Now, a fresh wave of anger is spreading across MAGA forums after buyers received communication making clear that their money is, for all practical purposes, gone.The T1 Phone's Trail of Broken Deadlines>Trump Mobile launched on 16 June 2025 at an announcement at Trump Tower, headlined by the president's two eldest sons and timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign launch. The T1 was marketed as a gold-coloured Android handset bearing an American flag on its back and bundled with a monthly service plan at £37.50 ($47.45) per month. Initial delivery was promised for late summer 2025.>That deadline slipped to November 2025, then December, then the first quarter of 2026. A mid-March 2026 T-Mobile carrier certification deadline also passed without resolution. By April 2026, Trump Mobile quietly redesigned its website, removing the release date entirely rather than replacing it with a new one.>NBC News, which placed its own £74 ($100) deposit in August 2025 to track the story, called Trump Mobile's support line five times between September and November 2025 and received inconsistent answers each time. A representative said in October that the phone would ship on 13 November, but it did not.
>In January 2026, a call centre operator said the T1 was 'in the final stages of certification and field testing,' with a ship date 'sometime in Q1 2026.' That quarter has now passed. At one point, customer service representatives blamed a 43-day federal government shutdown for the delay, an explanation analysts quickly dismissed as irrelevant to a private-sector hardware company.>Updated Terms Strip Buyers of Guarantees>The clearest signal yet that buyers may never see either a phone or their money came with a revised terms of service published on 6 April 2026. The updated document states explicitly that paying a deposit 'does not constitute a completed purchase and does not create a binding legal contract.' The payment is described as 'a conditional opportunity to buy the device if Trump Mobile eventually chooses to sell it,' with the company retaining all control over whether a phone is produced at all.>The terms confirm that deposits will not accrue interest, are non-transferable and carry no independent cash value. Buyers who wish to cancel must submit a request through customer support before any final sale is completed. If Trump Mobile cancels the project outright, it says it will issue refunds of the original deposit amount. The fine print adds, however, that the company bears no liability for delays caused by 'parts shortages or hold-ups with regulators,' and that buyers waive any right to pursue claims beyond the original deposit figure.>Investigative journalist Joseph Cox of 404 Media, who attempted to place a deposit when pre-orders opened, found the process immediately chaotic. His card was charged the wrong amount, no shipping address was ever collected, and a confirmation email arrived promising delivery notifications that never came. Cox called it 'the worst experience I've ever faced buying a consumer electronic product.' He subsequently reported unauthorised recurring charges being levied against customers' cards.
>Android Authority, which placed its own deposit in 2025 and has tracked the story since, wrote in January 2026 that it fully expected to 'never get a phone' and 'never see the $100 deposit again.'>The 'Made in the USA' Claim That Quietly Disappeared>The T1 was sold from day one on the strength of a single, politically loaded promise: it would be built in America. Within days of the June 2025 launch, that language vanished from the Trump Mobile website. 'MADE IN THE USA' became 'American-proud design,' then 'Brought to life right here in the USA,' language that supply chain experts noted was legally and commercially meaningless.>By February 2026, company executives confirmed to reporters that the T1 would not be manufactured in the United States. Final assembly of roughly the last ten components would take place in Miami, while bulk production would happen overseas. In the meantime, Trump Mobile began selling refurbished iPhones, made in China, and Samsung devices, made by a South Korean company, under the same 'American' branding umbrella.>In January 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren and ten other Democratic lawmakers wrote formally to the Federal Trade Commission, asking the agency to investigate 'bait-and-switch tactics involving deposits for products never delivered' and to determine whether Trump Mobile's 'Made in the USA' advertising constituted false claims. The letter, co-led by Representative Robert Garcia of California, also asked the FTC to confirm whether the White House had communicated with the agency about the venture. 'The American people deserve to know that consumer protection laws apply equally to all businesses, regardless of political connections,' the lawmakers wrote.>As of May 2026, the FTC has not publicly confirmed whether a formal investigation has been opened. Trump Mobile has not responded to multiple press inquiries. California Governor Gavin Newsom's office weighed in publicly, describing the T1 project as appearing to be 'FRAUD.'
>>For nearly 600,000 Americans who trusted a brand built on the Trump name, the gold phone has become the latest entry in a long record of ventures that took their money and delivered nothing.
Fool me once fool me twice
>>1513732Still not as bad as Hunter BidenDemocrats continue to force me to vote Republican.
>>1513740This. What about Obama? He's pretty bad too. Yeah I think I'll just keep voting Trump because I'm not a sheep like they are
>>1513740What did He do? how much money did he grift?This is only 1 thing that trump did.
>>1513742>What did He do? how much money did he grift?You. Refused. To. Investigate. The. Laptop.
>>1513744what about it?
>>1513740What did hunter biden do that is as bad as the billions in insider trading done by trump and his family/friends?http://archive.today/2026.03.25-100454/https://www.axios.com/2026/03/25/trump-iran-oil-insider-tradinghttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge0grppe3pohttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-threats-against-iran-are-a-boon-for-prediction-markets-including-some-backed-by-his-sonhttp://archive.today/2026.04.24-132059/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/trump-s-iran-shifts-spotlight-washington-s-insider-trade-threat
>>1513747>haha, your guy did a crime>what do you mean my guy did a lot more crimes? >what does evidence of all those crimes have to do with all those crimes? classic dem corruptiontHeYrE iNnOcEnT aS lOnG aS yOu DoNt LoOk At EvIdEnCe Of ThEiR cRiMeS
>>1513749What happened with the laptop. Be specific. How much money was involved? what was the crime?Why are you bringing it up in relation to the 60 million scammed by trump and his fake mobile phone company?
donald reportedly responded with a quote from his erstwhile friend jeffery epstein, “let the goyim deal in the real world”
>>1513750I can't even accuse you of playing dumb because you're supporting leftists, its just authentic stupidity>What happened with the laptop. Be specific.>>1513744 >How much money was involved? what was the crime?>>1513744>Why are you bringing it up in relation to the 60 million scammed by trump and his fake mobile phone company?>>1513740Dems can encourage and allow corruption all they want, they just need to stop whining about when other people do it. Trump just has a low bar to clear to be better than Dems. Simple as.
>>1513759What about it did they fail to investigate? Why did they need to investigate it? Who failed to investigate it?
>>1513759>Dems can encourage and allow corruption all they wantHow are they doing that? Be specific and provide sources.
>>1513759Foolish repooplicker
>>1513732I’m genuinely not sure how this was ever intended to work out. I guess they could use Android and make what’s essentially an overpriced made in America only Huawei phone?
>>1513732And they'll still continue to support him. They deserve every bad thing that happens to them. A shame it affects the rest of us all though.
>>1513770Pretty much. If it ever was created it was guaranteed to just be a shitty knockoff. They just couldn't even manage that.
tRump: "590,000 x $100 = $59m, so you get 50% Eric, which comes out to $59.... Don't spend it all in one place!"Eric:"gee, thanks Dad!"
>>1513759>Trump just has a low bar to clear to be better than Dems. Simple as.Democrats do illegal stuff like insider trading. (As do Republicans).Both parties(and family members)expect to get good jobs in the private sector after playing ball with the private sector in public. Trump dealings are slimy but not illegal like accepting a $400M plane or all this merchandise hustling. But out in the open so not illegal. He and his family wetting their beaks in secret is illegal but can't be proven
>>1513744Laptop's fake. >>1513749>tHeYrE iNnOcEnT aS lOnG aS yOu DoNt LoOk At EvIdEnCe Of ThEiR cRiMeSEpstein.
It's amazing how Trump hasn't been able to scam one single cent out of those who aren't MAGAtards.Why, it's as if Democrat voters are too smart to ultimately receive 'Fell For It Again' awards.My sister pre-ordered a 2Tb iPhone 17 Pro Max last year. She received it on the day of release in late September. You have no excuses, Trump. Except for scamming your own cultists, of course.
Classic trump: Get people to trust you then SCAM them.Trump won alright. But not anyone who voted for him (unless they were millionaires and billionaires).
magamarks get FLEECED
>>1513740>>1513749>it's ok if my team are all corrupt criminals because the opposing team is also all corrupt criminalsThe lemmings on both sides of the aisle believe this which is one of the major reasons why America is utterly fucked.
>>1513917thanks for being "both sides" shill, i think i finally have bingo
>>1513919Facts are facts, anon. Half of Americans don't vote at all and most of the rest are "independents" who vote for the best candidate regardless of party. The people who mindlessly vote for their team regardless of what that team is doing are a minority of retards and you're more alike than you are different.
>>1513920that's nice, but you're literally a shill and we both know you're full of shit. how did you end up in this line of work anyways anon
>>1513921It's cute that you think this site is still relevant enough for anyone to pay for "shills". What exactly do you imagine I'm shilling for? What, you think the Libertarian party is paying me to come on 4chan and talk shit on Democrats and Republicans to drive more votes to third parties?This place is a ghost town with zero influence on anything; it's been many years since anyone would have bothered trying to market anything here.
>>1513922i mean, are you doing it for free? that's pretty embarrassing. you're here every day spewing nonsense for free and you expect us to have any iota of respect for your sentiment?
>>1513923>are you doing it for free?What is it, exactly, that you imagine I'm doing?>you're here every dayOh, you're one of those. Well, while you're telling me what it is I'm doing, you can also tell me who you think I am. I'd love to know who you think is "paying me to shill" while you're at it.Of course you're just another 4chan schizo so I know you won't give me a direct answer to any of these questions but I always like to ask. This thread is averaging two posts an hour and you honestly think there's some conspiracy to flood it with shills who I guess you think are stalking you from thread to thread? It might be time to turn the computer off and go get some fresh air.
>>1513937u mad
>>1513938Mad about what, specifically?
>>1513953the myriad inadequacies inherent in your personage, i guess
>>1513937>you won't give me a direct answer to any of these questions but I always like to askWhy do you even need to 'ask questions' of others if your way of thinking that is supposed to be 'superior' to that of those who aren't exactly like you, unless you're insecure?Those who are secure wouldn't need to be in /news/. Ever. The fact you need to be here proves how insecure you are, and your way of thinking is therefore inferior. You keep proving that every second you have a life or death need to exist in /news/.If your way of thinking is supposed to be 'superior' to that of others in /news/, prove it. Leave /news/ and never return.If you reply to this post or that of any other poster who doesn't subscribe to your supposedly 'superior' way of thinking, you're insecure and anything you say goes straight into the trash because it is inferior. You're mad at anyone who refuses to listen to your wrong opinions that is your actually inferior mindset, projecting foreign shill, whose only reason to exist in /news/ is to be humilated and be the resident lolcow here, because you have a humiliation fetish. All the threads you infected then abandoned due to being humiliated in such are testament to your actual need to be here.Don't want to be the resident lolcow of /news/ projectinng foreign shill, you know what to do: leave and never return. You know what you'll prove when you do return: you're insecure. And therefore inferior.
>>1513740>Still not as bad as Hunter BidenStill not as good as Hunter Biden, you mean. Hunter Biden ripped off business execs that wanted an in with Joe Biden. Trump ripped off Trumpkins. The latter is objectively better, though both are good.
>>1513960>takes the time to write all that shit but can't take the time to answer a simple questionyikes
>and >>1514016 is proven to be insecurelol
>>1513788 The average 4chan EAASLer Don't get this math
>>1513974>still talking about hunter bidenThis has to be a meme right? Like how we can’t elect Hillary because of her emails?Trump still hasn’t paid contractors that did work for him during the 2016 election. I have no idea why anyone would trust him.
>>1514228I would talk about the most recent Democrat but nobody cares about her.What memes did she have?Kamala Harris + Coconut Tree?At least Hillary had Pokemon Go to the Polls
>>1514230you wouldn't get a real job though, would you esl shill
>>1513740*Taps the post*https://files.catbox.moe/1nmmn6.jpgA reminder this is about trump scamming people so the Russians are again using a both sides to cover up trump's brazen corruption.
>>1514249On what issue is there not another side?You know half the country voted for Trump, that's why he is president. Are you on Trump's side?
>>1514311how many times have you posted this lie? do you get a rupee each time?
>>1514314Well Trump did win the popular and electoral vote in the most recent presidential election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_electionAnd if you are not on Trump's side, that would imply that you are on the "other side" of Trump and his presidency
>>1514316I don't see a 50%.
>>1514317Co ping
>>1514317That's because the tally includes the fraudulent votes Trump wanted tossed out.He didn't get everything he wanted, he's still president though
>>1514311Sounds like he stole the election via starlink, better investigate the trump fraud.
>>1513740>It's not my fault that I'm retarded!
>Co pingSo many cultists will be doing exactly that after this:https://i.postimg.cc/cHN3RVWN/trump-xi-jinping.jpgNow their orange god is bending over for Xi Jinping. He & China have already taken over the world without firing a single shot. How?Nice Lenovo laptop you're using in the Situation Room in the White House, Trump.Nice Chinese-made Trump Phone, Trump: if you'll ever send them out, that is.Nice computers you're using with components in such that say 'Made in China' on them, cultists.
>>1513740Kek you are butthurt that you lost money. You got fleeced for a shitty golden phone than won't come out. Remember, just like Bernie voters - no refunds!
>>1513920This is the truth, but shills don't like it. 40-45% of Americans don't vote. And I'm one of them, because I refuse to vote for pedos and Repubs and Dems are all pedos
>>1514465Lord, you're insane and whatever side you're on is obvious wrong.
>whatever side you're on is obvious wrong>obviousSays the obviously illiterate projecting foreign shill that'll be reduced to the pathetic excuse it uses whenever its educational inferiority is proven. Obviously the Grammar Democrat and prolific author Winston Churchill, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, would point out your inferiority too.That half-American was on the right side of history, so a projecting foreign shill that will prove its mad by replying to this post - or it can prove that it isn't by not doing so - is obviously wrong. And not just in terms of all its opinions being eternally wrong, but is on the losing side.Elections in recent months, the Midterm Massacre and beyond will make sure of that.>b-b-but the Republicans are guaranteed to win in the midterms & 2028! You'll see!!Nice fanfic.
>>1514514Have you ever gotten anything right?
>Have you ever gotten anything right?But enough of the projecting foreign shill that proves itself to be mad by replying to >>1514514>gottenHas the projecting foreign shill that is mad ever got anything right?>obviousObviously not.
