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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    4 months ago

    But as a consolation, you can be first in line to place a $250 deposit on Trump 2 Phone (full price just $750)!

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    Guys guys, forget about the phone, trump is launching the “golden houses”. Just make a deposit of 30k, and you will totally get an amazing palace 100% made of american gold and built by white heterosexual americans workers. This is going to be big, you should pre-order right now.

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    Up next: “Attorneys” that reach out to these people saying that in order to form a class action, they need to pay a retainer of $1000. For each person they bring into the class, they get a higher percentage of any “winnings”.

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    Shows everything you need to know about MAGA, when the bastard hawks altered, cheap, self-glorifying Bibles the “religious right” is maybe mildly grumbly.

    Grift them with a smartphone though and NOW THEY’RE SUDDENLY PRETTY ANGRY.

    Their idolatry is obvious. One cannot serve both God and the stupidest political faction the U.S has ever seen since the confederacy.

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    So you’re telling me people willingly gave money to the guy that is notorious for scamming people and running every business he touches into bankruptcy?

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    How could this be. They promised all the reliability and dependebility one comes to expect from the trump admini…oooohhhh. yeah that tracks. did the communication go out on a tuesday?

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    What I find hilarious about this is that it came out in 2025 and were competitors to Samsung and Iphone and the price point was supposedly $500.

    Did people expect it to be “made in America” (whatever that means) and comparable to the next Gen model of Samsung or Android?

    My focus on this is why did they price it at that level? Did they not expect their supporters to pay $799 or $999?