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BumRushDaShow

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Mon Jun 16, 2025, 09:15 AM Jun 16

Trump Launches Self-Branded Mobile Phone Service in the US [View all]

Source: Bloomberg

June 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM EDT


President Donald Trump is launching a Trump-branded mobile phone service, that will rely on wireless networks and hardware that is “made in America.”

Trump’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., unveiled the service Monday at Trump Tower in New York on the 10-year anniversary of their father’s announcement that he would run in the 2016 presidential election.

“We’ve partnered with some of the greatest people in the industry to make sure that real Americans get true value from their mobile carriers,” Trump Jr. said.

Businesses that purchase network capacity from one of the big three US wireless networks—known as Mobile Virtual Network Operators, or MVNOs—are an increasingly hot category for reaching niche markets. The trio of actors who host of the popular Smartless podcast, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, recently announced they are starting their own phone company on T-Mobile’s network aimed at low-data-usage customers who’d like to save money on their bills each month.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-16/trump-launches-self-branded-mobile-phone-service-in-the-us



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Their technology will jusify the high price, I'm sure ... marble falls Jun 16 #1
Liberty Phone melm00se Jun 16 #24
I'm sure hackers won't target them. /nt bucolic_frolic Jun 16 #2
Nope. not at all. Captain Zero Jun 17 #37
Complete with daily screeds and advertising for the latest Trump grift I'm sure Raven123 Jun 16 #3
It will come with the Signal App preloaded Captain Zero Jun 16 #4
The software will be stolen and rebranded as "Farce Time"... Hugin Jun 16 #11
Can you fear me now? tanyev Jun 16 #5
Comes preloaded with dweller Jun 16 #6
All those burner accounts were adding up. C_U_L8R Jun 16 #7
E-MOL-U-MENTS Bayard Jun 16 #8
It will make surveilance liberalgunwilltravel Jun 16 #9
I was thinking exactly along those lines. ananda Jun 16 #26
I seem to recall phoney TACO having or being involved in a pyramid scheme cell venture... Hugin Jun 16 #10
I'm sure all the hardware in the entire system is all made in the good ol' USA! Trust me . . . NBachers Jun 16 #12
Don't even spend a second hiding the corruption anymore. Bengus81 Jun 16 #13
Cant wait for the moment the fox propagandists make fun of the trump phones like they did for President Obama. Denvermosaic Jun 16 #14
oh for fucks sake. another fucking grift? where is TRUMP-GATE. pansypoo53219 Jun 16 #15
More money to snatch away from his followers. ProudMNDemocrat Jun 16 #16
Dear God.......what next?????? Katinfl Jun 16 #17
"real Americans" nt hibbing Jun 16 #18
Just another scam from the con. Martin68 Jun 16 #19
Lol, eye roll uppityperson Jun 16 #20
Geez, if I wanted Russia to have all my information, I'd just send it to them. Vinca Jun 16 #21
Partnered? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 16 #22
Yes we need to find out who that carrier/network is ASAP Captain Zero Jun 17 #38
The Monetized Presidency, Chapter 10,789. Paladin Jun 16 #23
He wants to control the entire communication system. Irish_Dem Jun 16 #25
They saw an opportunity C_U_L8R Jun 16 #27
Who wants to bet they're made in China, or parts are? sakabatou Jun 16 #28
Apple Insider says that it's a reskinned version of a Chinese-made phone available at Amazon. Eugene Jun 17 #36
So most likely it will run on TMobile Network?? Captain Zero Jun 17 #39
Will sell phones Marthe48 Jun 16 #29
I hereby nickname this phone service Wicked Blue Jun 16 #30
Even if the CPU and other major chips are made in the US HarryM Jun 16 #31
How long will it take to find out Russia has direct access to those phones? rogue emissary Jun 16 #32
What's next? Cat Litter? BettyBlueDot Jun 16 #33
Can you hear me now? slightlv Jun 16 #34
Who voted to bring back the Warren G. Harding administration? nt SouthBayDem Jun 16 #35
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