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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    Does anyone have the actual email? I want to see the bullshit language used to let these rubes down.

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      A quick search did not reveal it, but the article above states

      The clearest signal yet that buyers may never see either a phone or their money came with a revised terms of service published on 6 April 2026.

      And an AOL article has some text

      “A preorder deposit provides only a conditional opportunity if Trump Mobile later elects, in its sole discretion, to offer the Device for sale. A deposit is not a purchase, does not constitute acceptance of an order, does not create a contract for sale, does not transfer ownership or title interest, does not allocate or reserve specific inventory, and does not guarantee that a Device will be produced or made available for purchase.”

      Let that sink in: they revised the TOS after people already paid. I truly hope they get sued.

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    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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    The fact that there was never a phone, never going to be a phone or plan, and they still took deposits and then said “yeah, you’re not getting those back” would land any other person in front of a judge and promptly into a prison cell.

    If you or I ran this scam you know that would be the outcome. This is just another clear example that if you’re a person of power and wealth the laws simply don’t apply to you. This isn’t a United States issue, this is a clear example of a world wide issue that we as regular people should be rioting over. I don’t care what country you’re in you HAVE people in your countries that do this shit daily. We should be placing heads on pikes.

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      “Who’d have thought a convicted conman would commit fraud again!? There’s literally no way we could have predicted this would happen! No way at all! It’s not as though there’s a list or anything! We should have a list!”

      There’s a list right h…”

      “FAKE NEWS!!!”

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      Interesting.

      Youtube talking head did a video a week ago about where is his trump phone.

      He read aloud a clause in the contract that they didnt need to provide a phone or a refund if the company so decided.

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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?