The Trump family’s latest business venture is here, and it’s just as ridiculous as you’d expect: a Trump-branded cell phone service and smar
Alex Samuels at Daily Kos:
The Trump family’s latest business venture is here, and it’s just as ridiculous as you’d expect: a Trump-branded cell phone service and smartphone line, complete with a MAGA price tag and a healthy dose of self-promotion. Unveiled Monday by President Donald Trump’s eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, “Trump Mobile” will launch with a single plan—the “47 Plan”—for $47.45 a month, a not-so-subtle nod to Trump’s being the 45th and 47th president. The company claims that the service will run on a 5G network with coverage comparable to the big three—and, yes, it’ll work with existing phones.
But if you want to go full MAGA, the company is also pushing its own device: the $499 “T1 Phone” in a gold finish with an etched American flag. According to the Trump Mobile press release, the T1 is a “sleek, gold smartphone engineered for performance and proudly designed and built in the United States.” It runs Android 15 and is available to preorder now with a $100 deposit. Ship dates are inconsistent—either August or September, depending on where you look. Eric said the device will be manufactured in the United States and that the company will operate a domestic call center as well. And the service won’t just include the basics, with Donald Jr. claiming that the $47 plan will offer “an entire package of products,” from telemedicine and roadside assistance to unlimited texting across 100 countries. The launch, not coincidentally, is tied to the 10th anniversary of Trump’s infamous golden escalator ride, but it marks yet another example of the Trump family blurring the line between public office and private profit.
On the 10-year anniversary of the infamous elevator ride down, the Trump Family introduces Trump Mobile (T1 Mobile), yet another grift.
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