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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,864 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:42 PM 18 hrs ago

MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back [View all]

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-mobile-t1-phone-scandal-1795914

MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back
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.

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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.
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GOOD!! Suckers... Fool em once B.See 18 hrs ago #1
Gee, who coulda ever seen that coming? LoL KelleyKramer 18 hrs ago #2
Oops. tanyev 18 hrs ago #3
Coultergheist is still around? AZLD4Candidate 15 hrs ago #24
They voted for a liar and a con man. Aristus 18 hrs ago #4
Im laughing so hard dweller 18 hrs ago #5
Suckers gave their cult leader a $60M gift dalton99a 17 hrs ago #6
That's a shame 🙃 Deuxcents 17 hrs ago #7
and I can hear Jerry Seinfeld saying it too. a kennedy 9 hrs ago #33
Somebody has to pay for his swell Ball room. n/t Jacson6 17 hrs ago #8
haha imagine how stupid you would have to be Skittles 16 hrs ago #9
Welp sheshe2 16 hrs ago #10
They have larceny in their DNA. GoodRaisin 16 hrs ago #11
The phony marketed a phony phone to his phony cult. Not a smartphone, but a dumbphone! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 16 hrs ago #12
He should be timms139 16 hrs ago #13
With frauds Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #18
A smart phone for dumb people. C Moon 15 hrs ago #14
I don't think that's what the email said. flvegan 15 hrs ago #15
Do you normally give cover to Trump on a Democratic website? AZLD4Candidate 15 hrs ago #22
When you accuse me of something, please be extremely specific. flvegan 12 hrs ago #28
Fake news and clickbait? It's a deposit. The contract is illegal to start if they can keep a deposit AZLD4Candidate 8 hrs ago #34
The actual terms do say they can get the deposit back, and it will be refunded *if* they cancel the project. sir pball 8 hrs ago #37
George Carlin was right: Whomever coined the phrase "let the buyer beware was probably bleeding from the asshole." AZLD4Candidate 7 hrs ago #40
He just needs to never cancel the project. durablend 3 hrs ago #46
You should reread that edhopper 10 hrs ago #29
Per the updated Terms & Conditions, they can get their money back sir pball 8 hrs ago #36
Exactly edhopper 7 hrs ago #38
Well Fuck Me !! doublethink 15 hrs ago #16
MAGATS are MORONS AZ8theist 15 hrs ago #17
What a coincidence. That's also the truck with the Trump phones EdmondDantes_ 6 hrs ago #43
590 thousand fucking idiots LilElf70 15 hrs ago #19
One correction misanthrope 15 hrs ago #23
My bad LilElf70 9 hrs ago #32
Maybe the phones are waiting in their classroom at Trump University misanthrope 15 hrs ago #20
They'll come up with a new scam tomorrow and these MAGAts will fall for it, because Biden/Obama/Clinton. AZLD4Candidate 15 hrs ago #21
Some of Mierda47's bankruptcies ... aggiesal 14 hrs ago #25
Yet Trump Never Went Broke. Imagine That. Just Like The Mob. ColoringFool 7 hrs ago #39
That's really some fine "fine print"............... FadedMullet 13 hrs ago #26
Good, bleed them dry. SamKnause 12 hrs ago #27
Openly stealing edhopper 10 hrs ago #30
"We're in the money" struggle4progress 10 hrs ago #31
Headline should read, "Trump's Sons Steal 60 Million Dollars". sinkingfeeling 8 hrs ago #35
600,000 fools parted from their money. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #41
Let 'em cuddle up and cry on their Trump Bears. Talitha 7 hrs ago #42
One is born every minute. republianmushroom 5 hrs ago #44
Womp fucking Womp purr-rat beauty 3 hrs ago #45
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