Plot twist: there are no phones, the whole thing is a scheme to rip off people for $64.70. Enough money to make the scam worth it, not enough for people to put in the time and effort to reclaim their money unless their credit card will compensate them.
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
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That's not a twist at all....
I mean, it's literally just a rebranded CP12, it's a $50 phone that's been painted gold.
There's a very high probability that the company will shut down before they even get a working product. All the pre-order money will have been spent on "research" and "salaries", with 80% going directly into Trump's pockets. And there will be fuck all anyone can do to get their money back. Scammers gonna scam.
I bet the business address is that same as the one for his Trump watches, gold sneakers, and some “male enhancement honey” that you'd have to be very ~~hard up~~ well, desperate to try.
OP sounds like this is a B2B gone wrong… the 67.47$ is what they pay the factory. For the consumer this should be 499$
I look forward to learning more about how terrible these phones turn out.
It will be a bog standard white label china phone with android, a custom wallpaper and maybe some cover/protector like you can get on temu. It's not like they develop their own hardware configuration, apps or phone os.
Is this one of the ways that Palantir plans to do mass surveillance? I would not be surprised.
Can't say I feel bad for you buddy. Count yourself lucky if your cc info isn't abused.
You are literally dealing with known felons.
It's a 404 Media journalist, he did it on purpose to point out how stupid it is.
well i'm definitely shocked that the guy banned from operating a charity in new york because he scammed children with cancer would operate a shoddy business.
With a track record like that, he's the first person I would trust. /s
Usually he's not even involved in running the business, they're licensing deals where some scammer pays a few million up front to use the Trump name, which is then used to scam his followers.
extremely non-zero chance the entire site and payment system was coded by morons with chatgpt
The preferred term is "vibe coding" nowadays!
vibe coding sound way too cool for what it is
Clearly the wrong price; should be going for $86.47.
I don't get it
Americans say "86 [thing]" to mean "get rid of [thing]"
I'm an American and I rarely if ever hear this
It's something Americans say.
86 is a term used in restaurants to tell the staff when a product is no longer available. 47 means the 47th president of the US
For those OOTL (like I was):
https://time.com/7285796/james-comey-86-47-trump-threat-investigation-instagram-post-fbi/
Of course the phone is gold. Does it come with a stylus shaped like a golf club and diaper as well? Or are those extra?
Edit: Looked the specs. It has a headphone jack and expandable memory. How can Trump get that right and most phone manufacturers can't?
Because it's almost certainly an old, low spec device that they've bought a job lot of on clearance.
The US is a failed state. There's no other way to put it.
Failing, not failed. Don’t give up! Things could get a lot worse, we’re nowhere near the bottom. They could also get better.
It’s not for lack of a better term. It’s just accurate.
Imagine if earlier fascists were as corrupt with conflicts of interests. Maybe we could call via the Adolfone.
The MussoliniPad, doesn’t get WiFi at gas stations
Weird. Mussolini’s greatest achievement was at a gas station.
The Francoin is doing poorly in the crypto markets.
Never ceases to embarrass this nation
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