Wait another year, and Optimus robots can make it in the USA from domestically-sourced materials for $49.99.

Also, even if you like Trump, would you buy a phone from this man? Erm...

This has got to be the most corrupt government in the history of the world, and he doesn't even try to hide it. The republican party has spent the last 50 years quietly installing far-right yes-men in positions of administrative leadership, all with the intent to undo all the progress we have made as a nation because rich white men are butt-hurt about finally having to share. It's sad to see the world's most successful democracy be torn apart by a bunch of old, greedy, white men who hate everyone who doesn't look like them or have as much wealth as them.

Narcissism. That miserable sack of pus has to placade his name in big, bright, flashy letters on absolutely everything .

I'd bet he forced his wife(s) and children to have his name tatooed on their body somewhere.

to watching a bunch of maga-heads overpaying for a gold-spraypainted midtier Chinese-made smartphone, sporting a generic Android OS variant with Trump-themed wallpaper and icons. The "made in America" has become "we activated the SIM on US soil, but who knows if China still has access".

Truly, this is what makes America great.

"...priced considerably higher than customers might pay elsewhere..."

Of course they are. The world is awash with "idiot money", and a huge ecosystem is in place to capitalize on it. For decades I've lamented that I'm precluded from feasting at the trough by my basic moral character, which was developed through no fault of my own.

This family has no such barriers.

Surely a box of eBay Nokias and some spray paint isn't that hard to pull together.

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He took your money and you'll line up for it again.

Good news MAGA heroes. I have a small exclusive preview shipment.

Contact me to get a limited edition Trump phone: solid gold, signed by El Duche himself in big bold sharpie (the very same sharpie that moved an hurricane, can you believe it ?). Be the the envy all of all those liberal losers with their fancy iphones.

I know what you think, surely that phone is going to be a small fortune, but no, thanks to Trump's amazing economic policies, this amazing phone, one hundred percent made in the USA, can be yours

shrinking promises

This isn't a government created phone, it's being (presumably) made by a private commercial company who would not have been affected by the shutdown.

I guess, though, lies are lies, and they'll be believed anyway.

The Congress should do something about all this corruption. It's not Congress it's the Republican party. The Democrats are ready to impeach and remove Trump for the billions in pardons he sold alone let alone the crypto bribes. They would also be happy to impeach him for illegally invading Venezuela and murdering Venezuelan fishermen.

The holdup is that the Republican party won't impeach Trump because party before country.

But every single post I see complains about Congress not the republicans in Congress protecting Trump.

This isn't a both sides issue. This is a Republican issue. But we can't hold the Republican party accountable because we are so used to being angry at politicians as a group

Yeah sure it is. As soon as these devices get sent out it will become instantly obvious they are OEM trash phones made in China, Taiwan or somewhere. If they were "made" in the USA, then the effort will be about as substantial as somebody replacing the original covers with hideous gold ones. God knows what firmware they run but expect that to be as shoddy and insecure as the hardware itself. I'm sure researchers will have a field day exposing all the vulnerabilities and questionable software these garbage d

> As the wait for the T1 continues, Trump Mobile has begun offering refurbished Samsung S23s, S24s, and Apple iPhone 15s and 16s for sale on its site, which appear to have no specific Trump branding and are priced considerably higher than customers might pay elsewhere.

What a weird move is that? Just slap a trump Logo on the most American phone, brag about it. Make bold claims of the future. Add a graph showing more and more components will be American! In 2030, 150% of the components will be made in the USA! It is going to be great!

They aren't even trying...

> they originally were scheduled for release in August, this week a customer service representative for the wireless carrier told CBS News the device will be pushed back again, now until the end of January, "attributing the delay to the recent U.S. government shutdown."

(a) They were scheduled to be released in August, the shutdown was in October - August is *before* October and (b) what would the government shutdown have to do with this anyway?

To be honest, the delays and rest of the information like reduced/redacted specs, selling used phones for higher prices, etc... doesn't surprise me from an enterprise with this branding. They just probably haven't finished figuring out how to get the most scam for the buck...

China delivers phones like crazy, so that must be it.

... this is somewhat hilarious, having the country run by a stuff peddling somewhat l00ny Showmaster and fraud? Given, I'm looking from the outside (Europe) so it's easyer for me to laugh at this right now but it _is_ funny, with the right dose of humor, don't you think?

I just hope you guys don't totally collapse into a banana Republic. I'm not too worried, but you never know.

Just wondering.