Trump Mobile pulls coverage map after 'Gulf of Mexico' label sparks chatter online

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(Reuters) -Just hours into Trump Mobile's Monday launch touting American-made smartphones, the venture pulled its coverage map after sharp-eyed users noticed a curious detail: the body of water south of Texas was labeled as the Gulf of Mexico instead of the Trump-preferred name, Gulf of America.

The name of the international body of water has been a hot-button issue after President Donald Trump signed an executive order early in his second term, renaming it the Gulf of America, a name other countries reject. He has since barred the Associated Press news agency from certain White House events, triggering a lawsuit, as AP continues to use the international name, Gulf of Mexico.

The Trump family licensed its name to the U.S. mobile service, the latest venture aiming to cash in on the president's political and cultural influence. A Reuters review of the website's code shows Trump Mobile appears to have used T-Mobile's network data for its coverage map. The telecom operator's coverage map labels the body of water as the Gulf of Mexico.

The map stirred up chatter across social media before being removed, with numerous users posting screenshots of the old map. As of late morning on Tuesday, a link to Trump Mobile's coverage map returned an error, saying the page could not be found.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-mobile-pulls-coverage-map-160658850.html

What a bunch of petty assholes.

[cutroot]

1. His phones are being made in China

[Abolishinist]

2. For now, yes. However, within the next 10-15 years they will bring

the manufacturing back to the U.S., providing good jobs for Gen Z and their offspring. And from what I can tell, they should absoutely LOVE the work! For example, this guy went underground to work in a facility in Shanhai that made iphones.

"I spent 12 hours a day just putting one screw in the iPhone. I work in a patron Apple factory in Shanghai, so what I do is just put one screw that fastens the speaker to the back case of the iPhone. We will start in the factories at 7:30 and then will spend 12 hours inside of the factories, but actually we only do 10 and 1/2 hours work because the break time is deducted.

You get bored because like you're just repeatedly doing the same thing. The amount that I get is 3,100 y, I think that's around $450 it's per month, but it's included in the base salary plus the overtime. We only take a break once a week on Sunday."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This made me smile

Link to tweet

[newdeal2]

5. Why do they need coverage in Mexico?

This phone is for America First! These people should have no need or desire to leave the USA ever

[UTUSN]

4. Hah!

[Septua]

6. How many trump boots, bibles, guitars, steaks, water etc do people buy?

Ain't nobody but Trump fools gonna' by his phone...