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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,864 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:42 PM 7 hrs ago

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

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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MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago OP
GOOD!! Suckers... Fool em once B.See 7 hrs ago #1
Gee, who coulda ever seen that coming? LoL KelleyKramer 7 hrs ago #2
Oops. tanyev 7 hrs ago #3
Coultergheist is still around? AZLD4Candidate 4 hrs ago #24
They voted for a liar and a con man. Aristus 7 hrs ago #4
Im laughing so hard dweller 6 hrs ago #5
Suckers gave their cult leader a $60M gift dalton99a 6 hrs ago #6
That's a shame 🙃 Deuxcents 6 hrs ago #7
Somebody has to pay for his swell Ball room. n/t Jacson6 6 hrs ago #8
haha imagine how stupid you would have to be Skittles 5 hrs ago #9
Welp sheshe2 5 hrs ago #10
They have larceny in their DNA. GoodRaisin 5 hrs ago #11
The phony marketed a phony phone to his phony cult. Not a smartphone, but a dumbphone! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 5 hrs ago #12
He should be timms139 5 hrs ago #13
With frauds Justice matters. 4 hrs ago #18
A smart phone for dumb people. C Moon 4 hrs ago #14
I don't think that's what the email said. flvegan 4 hrs ago #15
Do you normally give cover to Trump on a Democratic website? AZLD4Candidate 4 hrs ago #22
When you accuse me of something, please be extremely specific. flvegan 1 hr ago #28
Well Fuck Me !! doublethink 4 hrs ago #16
MAGATS are MORONS AZ8theist 4 hrs ago #17
590 thousand fucking idiots LilElf70 4 hrs ago #19
One correction misanthrope 4 hrs ago #23
Maybe the phones are waiting in their classroom at Trump University misanthrope 4 hrs ago #20
They'll come up with a new scam tomorrow and these MAGAts will fall for it, because Biden/Obama/Clinton. AZLD4Candidate 4 hrs ago #21
Some of Mierda47's bankruptcies ... aggiesal 3 hrs ago #25
That's really some fine "fine print"............... FadedMullet 2 hrs ago #26
Good, bleed them dry. SamKnause 1 hr ago #27

B.See

(8,764 posts)
1. GOOD!! Suckers... Fool em once
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:48 PM
7 hrs ago

shame on Trump. Fool em time and time again, they deserve to be fkd.

Aristus

(72,474 posts)
4. They voted for a liar and a con man.
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:49 PM
7 hrs ago

And now they’re upset that they were conned and lied to?

Such colossal morons…

Justice matters.

(10,021 posts)
18. With frauds
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:25 AM
4 hrs ago

Pedo's been charged with a lot of frauds, and many other crimes.
But never really punished for any (yet), and probably never will.
Only perhaps post-mortem... well, hopefully.

flvegan

(66,486 posts)
15. I don't think that's what the email said.
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:12 AM
4 hrs ago

"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."

"may never see" does not equal "confirms they will never get" BUT, reality doesn't get clicks or smashing of any like buttons or subscribes or reposts or whatever passes for discussion these days.

Are these folks getting ripped off? No doubt. Are they fucking idiots for believing the rapist in chief? Certainly. I'm not sure that headline is what is actually happening. Matter of fact, this same website just as recently posted another article about the Trump phone thing that didn't mention the "never gonna get" the phone/money.

Seems clickbaity. YMMV.

AZLD4Candidate

(6,907 posts)
22. Do you normally give cover to Trump on a Democratic website?
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:47 AM
4 hrs ago

Do you have a copy of the actual email? Are you actually claiming fake news on DU?

flvegan

(66,486 posts)
28. When you accuse me of something, please be extremely specific.
Sun May 10, 2026, 05:17 AM
1 hr ago

Especially when you do accuse me of "giving cover to Trump" whatever the fuck that means in context.

I've decided not to alert, because I think this will be more fun. For me.

AZ8theist

(7,583 posts)
17. MAGATS are MORONS
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:23 AM
4 hrs ago

But I have empathy, so I'm sending them a TRUCKLOAD of thoughts and prayers:

LilElf70

(1,627 posts)
19. 590 thousand fucking idiots
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:37 AM
4 hrs ago

Gee. I'm surprised there weren't more. Trump has grifted, stolen money and not paid people for services ever since he started his first fake presidency. Did these people not realize how toopid they really were? If I remember, Trump still owes El Paso for a rally in 2017? Many towns are still waiting.

The con? The grifting? The purposeful theft? Now he's after ALL the taxpayers. It's like a game to him.

At this point, I really don't give a shit, and am glad the MAGATS got stuck with the bill again. I'm sure trump pocketed all that money. I wonder what the next con this family is going to come up with. I'm sure they're all laughing on their way to the bank.

misanthrope

(9,605 posts)
23. One correction
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:48 AM
4 hrs ago

"Trump has grifted, stolen money and not paid people for services ever since he started his first fake presidency for most of his adult life."

AZLD4Candidate

(6,907 posts)
21. They'll come up with a new scam tomorrow and these MAGAts will fall for it, because Biden/Obama/Clinton.
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:45 AM
4 hrs ago

aggiesal

(10,898 posts)
25. Some of Mierda47's bankruptcies ...
Sun May 10, 2026, 03:15 AM
3 hrs ago

Mierda47 University
Mierda47 Steaks
Mierda47 Casino
Mierda47 Mortgage
Mierda47 Shuttle
Mierda47 Vodka
GoMierda47.com
Mierda47 Network
Mierda47 Magazine
Mierda47 Mobile

I'm seeing a pattern.

FadedMullet

(1,007 posts)
26. That's really some fine "fine print"...............
Sun May 10, 2026, 04:20 AM
2 hrs ago

"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".

Hey MAGA !! Boy, I bet you feel dumb.

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