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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Smartphone Can't Be Made in U.S. for $499
Trumps Smartphone Cant Be Made in U.S. for $499
June 16, 2025 at 5:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/06/16/trumps-smartphone-cant-be-made-in-u-s-for-499/
Wall Street Journal: Despite the language in the press release, Eric Trump indicated that the first wave of phones wouldnt be built here
So its possibleeven plausiblethat these phones would initially come from China because, at that price point, only Chinese makers like Xiaomi and Oppo have hardware to match.
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Trump's Smartphone Can't Be Made in U.S. for $499 (Original Post)
applegrove
23 hrs ago
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Using tax payer money TRump will demand a phone factory be built in his name.
riversedge
23 hrs ago
#1
Republicans can just legalize child labor and make the children exempt from the minimum wage.
Midnight Writer
23 hrs ago
#2
riversedge
(76,092 posts)1. Using tax payer money TRump will demand a phone factory be built in his name.
waiting.
Midnight Writer
(24,192 posts)2. Republicans can just legalize child labor and make the children exempt from the minimum wage.
I honestly expect this is where their agenda will take us if we do not stop them.
Progressive dog
(7,490 posts)3. IMO He intends to have the phones made
in federal prisons using free inmate labor and then billing the government for training the prisoners.
Blue Owl
(56,521 posts)4. Gums already confessed: it's made in China