Vote down the drain. Money down the drain. America down the drain.
this post was submitted on 10 May 2026
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Nothing will change.
What do you mean? It is changing rapidly
America down the drain.
The more I think about this, the more I'm fine with it.
What a surprise - the phone that was a photoshopped Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in a Spigen case isn't real.
There is absolutely no way a phone that's made in the USA could be sold for only $499.
The Trump phone plan is a grift too. $47.45/month and you only get 20GB high speed data, when you can get 70GB (or actual unlimited, depending on network) from US Mobile for less than half the price.
Those gigabytes were going to be gold-plated and oxygen-free, to be fair
$47.45/month
Wait was it pitched at "47.45" because...of his presidential terms?! THAT'S SO STUPID!
Lol it also illustrates the mentality so well, that the numbers are out of sequence but this would hypothetically squeeze people for 2 more bucks, so of course that's what they're gonna do.
There is absolutely no way a phone that’s made in the USA could be sold for only $499.
TBF - no wait, fairness is wrong here -
playing devil's advocate, they did dial back on that claim somewhat, it was known that this will be some off-brand device, most likely made in China.
They originally said it was going to be 100% American made for that price, and only toned it down later on. Now they just say "Designed with American values in mind", whatever that means.
It means "we'll make sure to use exploitive underpaid overseas labor in its production and make this product at the lowest price possible" because what could be more American than that?
“Designed with American values in mind”
This means the phone will rape and traffic children and you won't care.
"Designed with American values in mind"
"Everyone involved in the design and supply chain was promised they'd be paid in exposure after the work was completed."
Turbo capitalism?
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Does anyone have the actual email? I want to see the bullshit language used to let these rubes down.
A quick search did not reveal it, but the article above states
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.
And an AOL article has some text
"A preorder deposit provides only a conditional opportunity if Trump Mobile later elects, in its sole discretion, to offer the Device for sale. A deposit is not a purchase, does not constitute acceptance of an order, does not create a contract for sale, does not transfer ownership or title interest, does not allocate or reserve specific inventory, and does not guarantee that a Device will be produced or made available for purchase."
Let that sink in: they revised the TOS after people already paid. I truly hope they get sued.
But as a consolation, you can be first in line to place a $250 deposit on Trump 2 Phone (full price just $750)!
You probably aren't even kidding.
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The fact that there was never a phone, never going to be a phone or plan, and they still took deposits and then said "yeah, you're not getting those back" would land any other person in front of a judge and promptly into a prison cell.
If you or I ran this scam you know that would be the outcome. This is just another clear example that if you're a person of power and wealth the laws simply don't apply to you. This isn't a United States issue, this is a clear example of a world wide issue that we as regular people should be rioting over. I don't care what country you're in you HAVE people in your countries that do this shit daily. We should be placing heads on pikes.
"Who'd have thought a convicted conman would commit fraud again!? There's literally no way we could have predicted this would happen! No way at all! It's not as though there's a list or anything! We should have a list!"
"FAKE NEWS!!!"
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MAGA is the pinnacle of stupidity.
Guys guys, forget about the phone, trump is launching the "golden houses". Just make a deposit of 30k, and you will totally get an amazing palace 100% made of american gold and built by white heterosexual americans workers. This is going to be big, you should pre-order right now.
Reads fine print
"House will be in the USA."
HARD Pass.
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Up next: "Attorneys" that reach out to these people saying that in order to form a class action, they need to pay a retainer of $1000. For each person they bring into the class, they get a higher percentage of any "winnings".
Donald Trump, the grift that keeps on grifting.
lol people actually paid for this and thought they would get something? So many Americans are ignorant beyond belief
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Shows everything you need to know about MAGA, when the bastard hawks altered, cheap, self-glorifying Bibles the "religious right" is maybe mildly grumbly.
Grift them with a smartphone though and NOW THEY'RE SUDDENLY PRETTY ANGRY.
Their idolatry is obvious. One cannot serve both God and the stupidest political faction the U.S has ever seen since the confederacy.
Who could have seen this coming?? Oh wait, anyone with a brain.
I love stupid people
I love the uneducated
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poorly educated*
This has always been about money laundering; some fools got involved along with it though.
This is all obviously Biden's fault somehow though, right?
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So you're telling me people willingly gave money to the guy that is notorious for scamming people and running every business he touches into bankruptcy?
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What I find hilarious about this is that it came out in 2025 and were competitors to Samsung and Iphone and the price point was supposedly $500.
Did people expect it to be "made in America" (whatever that means) and comparable to the next Gen model of Samsung or Android?
My focus on this is why did they price it at that level? Did they not expect their supporters to pay $799 or $999?
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How could this be. They promised all the reliability and dependebility one comes to expect from the trump admini......oooohhhh. yeah that tracks. did the communication go out on a tuesday?
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Don't do that to that poster, what did it do to you?
Dregs of society they all are
Trump […] smartphone that remains undelivered, sparking outrage
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
Seriously, this is hilarious.
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