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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back
Nearly 600,000 Trump supporters paid £74 ($100) each towards a gold smartphone that, nearly a year on, does not exist.
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.
https://www.ibtimes.com/magas-are-fuming-after-email-confirms-they-will-never-get-their-500-trump-phones-deposits-back-3802572
uppityperson
(116,026 posts)Mad_Machine76
(25,005 posts)continue to ring true!
the nelm
(295 posts)Slow as in will they ever bloody learn? How many times will they allow themselves to be scammed by this carnival barker?
OMGWTF
(5,213 posts)popsdenver
(2,613 posts)Their Butts would be getting sore..............
GoodRaisin
(11,056 posts)Magats have very short memories when it comes to their boy or their party.
hlthe2b
(114,667 posts)"There's a sucker born every minute" and given these are those who have every reason to know better and not some poor ill-informed suckers, I have no such outrage. That they will be unlikely to prevail in a class-action lawsuit is pretty obvious too and FTC is not about to do anything at all.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,754 posts)It doesn't have to make any sense, they will buy that too.
moonscape
(5,796 posts)on Obama at the moment en route to Hillary.
fujiyamasan
(2,018 posts)Lovie777
(23,708 posts)who knew.👽
sheshe2
(98,429 posts)Those poor people.
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I don't mean to laugh but
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calimary
(90,756 posts)Suckers and losers.
Cheezoholic
(3,902 posts)representing entities that were/are currying favors from His Lard Assship. I've seen this story echoed everywhere yet I haven't seen much proof of a MASS of MAGAts that are pissed. I've seen some people complain on right wing message boards and FB where I anonymously lurk, but I've yet to see anything that justifies the headline. That further makes me believe this was a scam to get a cool 50 million into his pocket by people wanting favors. Wouldn't be hard to "buy" 100 phones and then wink, especially if you're a company/corp.
Pinback
(13,648 posts)and a likely scenario IMHO.
With this crook and his crime family, there is just one scam after another. Bribery and grift without end.
spooky3
(38,859 posts)If there truly were that many individual buyers.
Johnny2X2X
(24,433 posts)Any other president and this would be one if the most massive scandals in history.
Figarosmom
(13,322 posts)LOCK HIM and HIS KIDS UP!
any Joe Schmo that did this would be locked up for fraud
Zelda_Orchid
(104 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(10,438 posts)But will they? Not likely.
Wounded Bear
(64,628 posts)And, hey, I though mail fraud was a felony.
Guess I'm outta touch.
SCantiGOP
(14,758 posts)When the Supremes have said you have complete immunity.
Wounded Bear
(64,628 posts)xuplate
(224 posts)BeneteauBum
(773 posts)So much MAGAt money spent on cheap merchandise
..and they will spend yet even more. What can I say?
Peace ☮️
Submariner
(13,435 posts)Its no wonder that they eat their own, they screw each other so much and with no shame whatsoever.
BattleRow
(2,710 posts)But they can always find a limb for lynching...figuratively speaking,ofcourse.....
Vinca
(54,327 posts)Wonder if any of them refinanced their homes to "invest" in the Trump bitcoin. Foreclosures on the horizon.
GiqueCee
(4,731 posts)... that a horrifying number of these inbred, web-footed pinheads in red hats and gold sneakers are STILL making excuses for him? They'd carve their own eyes out with a rusty spoon before they'd ever admit they were wrong to support that evil sonofabitch. He played them like a cheap fiddle.
maveric
(17,056 posts)Never learn.
Ford_Prefect
(8,664 posts)Bristlecone
(11,185 posts)A fool and his money .
usonian
(26,582 posts)
calimary
(90,756 posts)except hed already have pocketed the purchase price. Not sending ANY of my money his way.
kacekwl
(9,263 posts)Backwards.
peggysue2
(12,587 posts)Are soon parted from their money.
A reasonable question would be:
What were they thinking?
But then cult devotees do not think. They simply follow their leader into the abyss.
Laffy Kat
(16,989 posts)Gaytano70
(1,278 posts)Mz Pip
(28,507 posts)That was a while ago he was hawking those. The phone would have topped off the outfit perfectly. Shoes, hat and phone with a Trump flag flying on the truck. Good times.
Scrivener7
(60,065 posts)If they're so stupid that they didn't see that coming, they shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Martin68
(28,064 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(10,333 posts)Trump University
Fake Trump crypto coin
Trump watches
2017 Inaugural Committee defraud
Trump Organization Financial Fraud: for providing false property valuations to lenders and tax authorities.
Trump Foundation Settlement: using the charity's funds for political and personal benefit, such as buying campaign portraits and a $10,000 portrait of himself.
Then the hundreds or maybe thousands of contractors that did work for Trump and purposefully never got paid.
elliesmandt
(43 posts)The republicans should adopt as their anthem the Fleetwood Mac song "Tell Me Lies."
lostnfound
(17,630 posts)Their self-respect
Their countrys future
Their countrys dignity
The respect of some of their friends and family
The CPFBs protection of them from corporate fraud
Their countrys reputation in the world
Health research that was underway, or that never will be
Affordable health care
Doctor access in rural areas
Hospital access especially in rural areas
Cheap oil
Cheaper solar and wind energy
Actual democracy
A somewhat secure retirement environment
Affordable college
Cutting edge, world-leading critical industries
Friendly relations with the other countries in the americas
Clarity of mind
Cleaner air
Cleaner water
Protection of national parks and federal lands
Natural disaster relief
Potentially years off their lives and/or the lives of loved ones
blue-wave
(5,537 posts)Should I wipe the snot drizzle from their noses? Not!
They should have realized that they were making a donation to gold plate another toilet seat for the Donald. Suck it up buttercups!
AllyCat
(18,988 posts)Pisces
(6,309 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(181,993 posts)This form does not expressly provide that the deposit is non-refundable. There may be other contractual provisions that may provide that the refunds are non-refundable but normally the courts will construe such provisions very narrowly.. There will be litigation and trump should be forced to refund these deposits This will be fun to watch

I know that trump is taking the position that the deposits are nonrefundable but there will be litigation on this issue

kacekwl
(9,263 posts)another deposit tomorrow for the next POS he's selling. With a smile and a recurring monthly charge.
ck4829
(38,093 posts)RussBLib
(10,755 posts)
but its several years old and can be picked up for $0 at some wireless carriers. A RAZR phone, with limited capability. But its gold, and it says Trump on it, so the rubes will be happy.
Or not. Just dont know what to believe these days. If it involves Trump, its usually a lie.
johnnyfins
(3,985 posts)at these idiots.
Look for "Trump Phone Unboxing" on youtube.
Funny stuff.
TheRickles
(3,532 posts)But other than that....
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/931347/trump-mobile-t1-phone-logo-flag-stars-stripes
redstatebluegirl
(12,855 posts)And given a red hat and one of his Bibles at birth
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