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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,901 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:42 PM Saturday

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 Saturday #1
Gee, who coulda ever seen that coming? LoL KelleyKramer Saturday #2
Oops. tanyev Saturday #3
Coultergheist is still around? AZLD4Candidate Sunday #24
They voted for a liar and a con man. Aristus Saturday #4
Im laughing so hard dweller Saturday #5
Suckers gave their cult leader a $60M gift dalton99a Saturday #6
That's a shame 🙃 Deuxcents Sunday #7
and I can hear Jerry Seinfeld saying it too. a kennedy Sunday #33
Somebody has to pay for his swell Ball room. n/t Jacson6 Sunday #8
haha imagine how stupid you would have to be Skittles Sunday #9
Welp sheshe2 Sunday #10
They have larceny in their DNA. GoodRaisin Sunday #11
The phony marketed a phony phone to his phony cult. Not a smartphone, but a dumbphone! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sunday #12
He should be timms139 Sunday #13
With frauds Justice matters. Sunday #18
A smart phone for dumb people. C Moon Sunday #14
I don't think that's what the email said. flvegan Sunday #15
Do you normally give cover to Trump on a Democratic website? AZLD4Candidate Sunday #22
When you accuse me of something, please be extremely specific. flvegan Sunday #28
Fake news and clickbait? It's a deposit. The contract is illegal to start if they can keep a deposit AZLD4Candidate Sunday #34
The actual terms do say they can get the deposit back, and it will be refunded *if* they cancel the project. sir pball Sunday #37
George Carlin was right: Whomever coined the phrase "let the buyer beware was probably bleeding from the asshole." AZLD4Candidate Sunday #40
He just needs to never cancel the project. durablend Sunday #46
You should reread that edhopper Sunday #29
Per the updated Terms & Conditions, they can get their money back sir pball Sunday #36
Exactly edhopper Sunday #38
Well Fuck Me !! doublethink Sunday #16
MAGATS are MORONS AZ8theist Sunday #17
What a coincidence. That's also the truck with the Trump phones EdmondDantes_ Sunday #43
590 thousand fucking idiots LilElf70 Sunday #19
One correction misanthrope Sunday #23
My bad LilElf70 Sunday #32
Maybe the phones are waiting in their classroom at Trump University misanthrope Sunday #20
They'll come up with a new scam tomorrow and these MAGAts will fall for it, because Biden/Obama/Clinton. AZLD4Candidate Sunday #21
Some of Mierda47's bankruptcies ... aggiesal Sunday #25
Yet Trump Never Went Broke. Imagine That. Just Like The Mob. ColoringFool Sunday #39
That's really some fine "fine print"............... FadedMullet Sunday #26
Good, bleed them dry. SamKnause Sunday #27
Openly stealing edhopper Sunday #30
"We're in the money" struggle4progress Sunday #31
Headline should read, "Trump's Sons Steal 60 Million Dollars". sinkingfeeling Sunday #35
600,000 fools parted from their money. travelingthrulife Sunday #41
Let 'em cuddle up and cry on their Trump Bears. Talitha Sunday #42
One is born every minute. republianmushroom Sunday #44
Womp fucking Womp purr-rat beauty Sunday #45
There will be litigation on the refundability of the deposits LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #47
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