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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-mobile-t1-phone-scandal-1795914MAGAs 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.
B.See
(8,801 posts)shame on Trump. Fool em time and time again, they deserve to be fkd.
KelleyKramer
(11,594 posts)Oh my, they must be sooo surprised.
tanyev
(49,633 posts)
AZLD4Candidate
(6,929 posts)Aristus
(72,488 posts)And now theyre upset that they were conned and lied to?
Such colossal morons
dweller
(28,645 posts)I cant breathe
dumbasses
✌🏻
dalton99a
(95,161 posts)Deuxcents
(27,620 posts)a kennedy
(36,309 posts)Jacson6
(2,176 posts)Skittles
(172,746 posts)oh wait - we already know
sheshe2
(98,359 posts)

GoodRaisin
(11,032 posts)RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,224 posts)timms139
(563 posts)charged with fraud .
Justice matters.
(10,040 posts)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.
C Moon
(13,730 posts)flvegan
(66,499 posts)"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
(6,929 posts)Do you have a copy of the actual email? Are you actually claiming fake news on DU?
flvegan
(66,499 posts)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.
AZLD4Candidate
(6,929 posts)and not give it back upon failure to produce.
Your post sounds like something someone in that odious family would say to give cover for their stealing of money.
Alert all you want if it makes you happy. I stand by my statement. I'm tired of hearing "fake news" and "clickbait" anywhere when it involves this asshole family of goniffs.
sir pball
(5,350 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(6,929 posts)durablend
(9,358 posts)Voila.
"You'll get that phone eventually"
edhopper
(37,510 posts)And see it says exactly that they won't get the phones and Trump is keeping their money.
You can't take a deposit and a year later tell the person that you decided it wasn't a deposit.
sir pball
(5,350 posts)If you cancel your deposit before completing a purchase, you may request a full refund.[ ]If Trump Mobile cancels or discontinues the Device offering prior to sale, Trump Mobile will issue a full refund of the deposit amount paid.
https://trumpmobile.com/device-preorder-deposit
Of course, that's if it's cancelled. They can just keep saying "it's coming out in 6 months" forever
edhopper
(37,510 posts)They are stealing the money.
doublethink
(7,352 posts)Only response I could think of. Sorry.
AZ8theist
(7,608 posts)But I have empathy, so I'm sending them a TRUCKLOAD of thoughts and prayers:

EdmondDantes_
(2,038 posts)LilElf70
(1,636 posts)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
(9,623 posts)"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."
LilElf70
(1,636 posts)I have no idea how that got by me. I was focused on his presidential administrative period.
misanthrope
(9,623 posts)Saps.
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I'm seeing a pattern.
ColoringFool
(1,036 posts)FadedMullet
(1,013 posts)"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.
SamKnause
(14,942 posts)edhopper
(37,510 posts)$59 million with no repercussions.
Nice gig.
struggle4progress
(126,653 posts)sinkingfeeling
(58,009 posts)travelingthrulife
(5,535 posts)Ye Gods these people are suckers.
Talitha
(8,145 posts)republianmushroom
(22,644 posts)purr-rat beauty
(1,411 posts)Idiots get they want....nothing
But
I am a wee little concerned about the POTUS purposefully defrauding citizens...feels illegal.
LetMyPeopleVote
(181,770 posts)This form does not expressly provide that the deposit is non-refundable. There may be other contractual provisions that may provide that the refunds are non-refundable but normally the courts will construe such provisions very narrowly.. There will be litigation and trump should be forced to refund these deposits This will be fun to watch

I know that trump is taking the position that the deposits are nonrefundable but there will be litigation on this issue
