Trump's Smartphone Can't Be Made in U.S. for $499

[applegrove]

Trump’s Smartphone Can’t Be Made in U.S. for $499

June 16, 2025 at 5:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/06/16/trumps-smartphone-cant-be-made-in-u-s-for-499/

Wall Street Journal: “Despite the language in the press release, Eric Trump indicated that the first wave of phones wouldn’t be built here…”

“So it’s possible—even plausible—that these phones would initially come from China because, at that price point, only Chinese makers like Xiaomi and Oppo have hardware to match.”

[riversedge]

1. Using tax payer money TRump will demand a phone factory be built in his name.

waiting.

[Midnight Writer]

2. Republicans can just legalize child labor and make the children exempt from the minimum wage.

I honestly expect this is where their agenda will take us if we do not stop them.

[Progressive dog]

3. IMO He intends to have the phones made

in federal prisons using free inmate labor and then billing the government for training the prisoners.

[Blue Owl]

4. Gums already confessed: it's made in China