Despite promises of American manufacturing, the Trump Organization’s new “T1” smartphone, a gold iPhone lookalike, is currently being produced in China. While the Trump family claims future U.S. production is a goal, the initial rollout has been plagued by website errors and pricing inconsistencies. The $499 phone, a rebranded model available elsewhere for significantly less, is marketed with “All-American” branding despite its overseas origins. Experts suggest establishing U.S.-based production for a comparable device would take years.
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The Trump Organization’s new T1 smartphone, marketed as a “Made in the USA” alternative to the iPhone, is actually a rebranded Chinese Android device. Despite claims by Eric Trump that the phone is produced domestically, social media users quickly identified its resemblance to the significantly cheaper T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G, manufactured in China. The T1, sold for $499, is essentially a reskinned version of a $250 phone, highlighting a substantial markup. This revelation casts doubt on the “All-American” branding of both the phone and the accompanying Trump Mobile network, which utilizes existing US carriers.
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It turns out that Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were made in China. The irony of promoting patriotism with products not manufactured in the USA is glaring. The very slogan ‘America First’ seems to ring hollow when the merchandise supporting it is outsourced to a country that Trump himself criticized for stealing American jobs. The question arises, how can those who claim to support America and its values reconcile this blatant contradiction?
The revelation that these Bibles were produced in China, with a cost of less than $3 each and a markup price of $59.99, underscores the profit-driven nature of the operation.… Continue reading
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