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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,652 posts)
Tue May 19, 2026, 07:22 PM Tuesday

The Trump cell phone has finally arrived - but is no longer 'Made in the USA' and the American flag design is missing tw

Source: Independent

two stripes

After a nine-month delay, the Trump Mobile “T1” smartphone was sent out this week to pre-order customers and some members of the media. There was just a slight problem.

The gold-plated $499 phone is no longer marketed as “Made in the USA,” and the American flag design on the back of the handset appears to have 11 stripes instead of 13.

The Android-operated device was first promoted as “Made in the USA” in June 2025, CNN and NBC News noted. But Trump Mobile has since changed the language on its website to “designed with American values in mind.”

Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien told USA Today that the phones were “assembled” in the U.S. and that models will use components “primarily manufactured in America.” Tech experts told NBC News that the phone appears to resemble an HTC U-24 Pro, which is made in Taiwan.

Read more: https://tech.yahoo.com/phones/articles/the-trump-cell-phone-has-finally-arrived---but-is-no-longer-made-in-the-usa-and-the-american-flag-design-is-missing-two-stripes-141732757.html



No way is it made here and it's probably not real gold.
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The Trump cell phone has finally arrived - but is no longer 'Made in the USA' and the American flag design is missing tw (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
Probably not real gold? BidenRocks Tuesday #1
Manufactured by Fisher Price. twodogsbarking Tuesday #2
"designed with American values in mind." chouchou Tuesday #3
Today's values or 1955 values? BidenRocks Tuesday #4
I'm shocked. Shocked. progressoid Tuesday #5
A Made in America cell phone was always an impossibility. Aussie105 Wednesday #6
Rip-off. Trump's slickery continues. oasis Wednesday #7
the grift that keeps on taking. nt Javaman Wednesday #8
LOL..now all you Maga morans who have waited almost a year can cough up another $400 Bengus81 Wednesday #9
The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #10

chouchou

(3,334 posts)
3. "designed with American values in mind."
Tue May 19, 2026, 07:35 PM
Tuesday

Probably made in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia selling for 125 Tugrik....(77.95 dollars USA without Trumps name)

Aussie105

(8,207 posts)
6. A Made in America cell phone was always an impossibility.
Wed May 20, 2026, 12:49 AM
Wednesday

America doesn't have the expertise or manufacturing capability to make cell phones.

Those were outsourced to various places in Asia decades ago.

Some people are slow in catching up.

Bengus81

(10,394 posts)
9. LOL..now all you Maga morans who have waited almost a year can cough up another $400
Wed May 20, 2026, 08:37 AM
Wednesday

to your Fuhrer. Betting a load of them just cancel that POS.

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,379 posts)
10. The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes
Sun May 24, 2026, 04:25 PM
Sunday

trump does not know or care about the American flag

The American flag on the new Trump mobile phone only has 11 stripes. How many original colonies were there?

Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T17:19:07.497Z



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