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'The grift never ends': Critics blast Trump over 'cheap Chinese android device'
The Trump Organization claimed itsnewly-announced T1 smartphone will be "built in the United States" in accord with President Donald Trump's campaign for more stateside manufacturing. But analysts say the phone will likely be produced by a Chinese original device manufacturer.
"There is no way the phone was designed from scratch and there is no way it is going to be assembled in the U.S. or completely manufactured in the U.S.," said Francisco Jeronimo, vice president at International Data Corporation. "That is completely impossible."
Owned by U.S. President Donald Trump, The Trump Organization announced the gold-colored android device would retail for $499. However, reaction on social media was not kind.
“Busted,” wrote Washington Post journalist Jonathan Greenberg on Bluesky. “Trump scam of the day … China. Anyone surprised?” Greenberg included a link to an appleinsider.com article claiming the phone “is a cheap Chinese android device, that they are tripling the Amazon price of, slapping on new plastic, and calling it a day.”
“The grift never ends,” posted former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. “… Trump raked in $57M from his family's crypto company in 2024. And this doesn't even account for his memecoin, which launched this year. Now he's lending his name to ‘Trump Mobile.’”
"There is no way the phone was designed from scratch and there is no way it is going to be assembled in the U.S. or completely manufactured in the U.S.," said Francisco Jeronimo, vice president at International Data Corporation. "That is completely impossible."
Owned by U.S. President Donald Trump, The Trump Organization announced the gold-colored android device would retail for $499. However, reaction on social media was not kind.
“Busted,” wrote Washington Post journalist Jonathan Greenberg on Bluesky. “Trump scam of the day … China. Anyone surprised?” Greenberg included a link to an appleinsider.com article claiming the phone “is a cheap Chinese android device, that they are tripling the Amazon price of, slapping on new plastic, and calling it a day.”
“The grift never ends,” posted former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. “… Trump raked in $57M from his family's crypto company in 2024. And this doesn't even account for his memecoin, which launched this year. Now he's lending his name to ‘Trump Mobile.’”
https://www.alternet.org/donald-trump-2672385937/
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