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BlueWaveNeverEnd

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Sat May 9, 2026, 11:42 PM May 9

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