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jmowreader

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6. The really amazing part is...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 04:37 PM

May 12

It is not all that hard to buy a shitload of the cheapest cell phones you can possibly find, order a batch of gold-plated cell phone cases - I checked Amazon, you can buy one of them for $15 so "quantity one shitload" should be a lot less expensive per piece - hire some MAGAts to snap the phones into the cases, and claim that because the "final assembly" was done in the US (you know, the part where they snap the cheap phone into the cheap case) they are "made in the USA."

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Over a year ago 590K Americans put down $100 deposits on Trump's $499 gold phone and not a single one has shipped [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 12 OP

Our education system has failed this nation - it becomes more obvious every day. walkingman May 12 #1

It's WHY Trump says he loves the poorly educated. B.See May 12 #11

This is fraud. johnnyfins May 12 #2

590K idiots. bif May 12 #3

Anybody remember the Trump Video Phone?? Attilatheblond May 12 #4

Trump is the Pied Piper of. "Suckers and Losers". oasis May 13 #20

Are you one of the 590,000 people who paid a $100 deposit for Donald Trump's T1 phone? hatrack May 12 #5

The really amazing part is... jmowreader May 12 #6

$59 million - not bad. But peanuts compared to what he's stealing from the taxpayers. Jim__ May 12 #7

Obviously the buyers did not go to Trump University. Sneederbunk May 12 #8

You forgot to add this... Abolishinist May 12 #19

So much criming to do! purr-rat beauty May 12 #9

Always conning people. You would think people would WAKE THE FUCK UP! Emile May 12 #10

I've become convinced that magas B.See May 12 #12

And, if you want to know something scary---- DFW May 12 #13

LOL, that is so true! Emile May 12 #14

Rumors were spread that deposits would not be refunded but that seems to be untrue Norrrm May 12 #15

I think this is hilarious GenThePerservering May 12 #16

Horrors! Does that mean the current POTUS could possibly be a... allegorical oracle May 12 #17

A half a million requests for this stupid ass phone??? You have got to be kidding me. a kennedy May 12 #18

If this were 15 years ago, Johnny2X2X May 13 #21

Nope. He pulled an even worse pyramid scam back in 2008 and most people never heard about it. Attilatheblond May 13 #23

SUCKERS spanone May 13 #22