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	<title type="text">We&#8217;re still talking about the Trump phone &#8211; The Verge</title>
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	<updated>2026-04-24T09:16:01+00:00</updated>

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			<author>
				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Trump phone still isn’t real]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=918011</id>
			<updated>2026-04-24T05:16:01-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-04-24T10:00:00-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We're back to being ignored, and the phone seems no closer to an actual launch. Last week Trump Mobile overhauled its website, in the process officially revealing the updated design [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><em><em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a>. <em>We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. </em></em>We're back to being ignored, and the phone seems no closer to an actual launch.</em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Last week Trump Mobile overhauled its website, in the process officially revealing the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/911503/trump-mobile-t1-phone-redesign-new-website">updated design of its T1 Phone</a>, with a new spec sheet to match. You'd be forgiven for thinking that means it's ready to release, but make no mistake: beyond a possible <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/902399/trump-phone-mobile-t1-fcc-certification-authorization">FCC authorization</a> and a single phone someone showed me over a video call, there's still no proof the Trump phone is ever going to launch.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">The phone's shiny new desig …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/918011/trump-mobile-t1-phone-real-redesign-release-date">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[The new Trump Phone design is here]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=911503</id>
			<updated>2026-04-14T10:34:14-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-04-14T04:25:07-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Mobile has overhauled its website, introducing a new logo, new design language, and a new version of the T1 Phone. The redesigned phone is the same one that two company executives showed me over a video call two months ago, seemingly now confirmed to be the final design - but there's still no word [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<img alt="Promotional image of the redesigned Trump Mobile T1 Phone on a beige background" data-caption="Still proud, still American, still gold. | Image: Trump Mobile" data-portal-copyright="Image: Trump Mobile" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/trump-mobile-t1-phone-redesign-website-2026.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
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	Still proud, still American, still gold. | Image: Trump Mobile	</figcaption>
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Trump Mobile has overhauled <a href="https://trumpmobile.com/">its website</a>, introducing a new logo, new design language, and a new version of the T1 Phone. The redesigned phone is the same one that two company executives <a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/875190/trump-phone-t1-first-look-design-interview-eric-thomas-don-hendrickson">showed me over a video call</a> two months ago, seemingly now confirmed to be the final design - but there's still no word on when it will arrive.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">The phone is still gold, of course, with an American flag design on the rear that's black in some images, but white in others, alongside a "Trump Mobile" wordmark. I was shown a similar design but with an enormous "T1" logo across the whole of the rear, but I was told that would be removed, and it's nowhere to be seen …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/911503/trump-mobile-t1-phone-redesign-new-website">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Mobile isn’t giving up just yet]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=909846</id>
			<updated>2026-04-10T11:12:41-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-04-10T11:12:41-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We're back to being ignored, but the company is showing signs of life. It's been nine months since Trump Mobile announced itself, seven months since the company updated any of [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<img alt="Speedometer-style dial to measure whether the Trump Phone exists or not, pointing to just past ‘no’." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge / Shutterstock" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Vrg_illo_trump_phone_np2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a>. <em>We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We're back to being ignored</em>, but the company is showing signs of life.</em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">It's been nine months since Trump Mobile announced itself, seven months since the company updated any of its social media profiles, and two months since anyone replied to my emails. Based on that, you might think that everyone involved had given up on the whole idea, but this week we saw curious signs of life: a new trademark application. </p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">What's strangest about <a href="https://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn99746335&amp;docId=APP20260406113456&amp;linkId=1#docIndex=0&amp;page=1">the application</a> is that it was filed not for anything <em>new</em>, but f …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/909846/trump-mobile-phone-47-plan-trademark-registration">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Allison Johnson</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Waiting for Trump Phone]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=905599</id>
			<updated>2026-04-02T18:00:57-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-04-03T10:00:00-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. Crickets. Despite recent signs of life, another week has come and gone without the Trump T1 Phone. We're now over nine months since its announcement in June of last year, [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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	Nothing moved the needle this week. | Image: The Verge / Shutterstock	</figcaption>
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a><em>.</em> We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. Crickets. </em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Despite <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/902399/trump-phone-mobile-t1-fcc-certification-authorization" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.theverge.com/tech/902399/trump-phone-mobile-t1-fcc-certification-authorization">recent signs of life</a>, another week has come and gone without the Trump T1 Phone. We're now over nine months since <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/687418/trump-mobile-network-t1-trademark-application">its announcement in June of last year</a>, and it <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/810500/where-is-the-trump-phone">just keeps missing</a> ship dates. That's enough time to gestate and birth a whole human baby! It's also like, three (RIP) Samsung Galaxy Z TriFolds long. Which got me to thinking, what other products and services arrived - and maybe even departed - in the time that we've been waiting for the T1? Here is an incomplete list:</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/905599/where-is-the-trump-phone-t1-april">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Wait, the Trump phone might actually exist]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=902399</id>
			<updated>2026-03-27T15:44:05-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-03-27T15:44:05-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This week I think I've found an FCC listing for the phone, showing it's received certification to launch in the US. Last week I issued a reminder that Trump Mobile's [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<img alt="Speedometer-style dial to measure whether the Trump Phone exists or not, pointing to ‘no’." data-caption="The Trumpometer is just beginning to shift. | Image: The Verge / Shutterstock" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge / Shutterstock" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Vrg_illo_trump_phone_np2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
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	The Trumpometer is just beginning to shift. | Image: The Verge / Shutterstock	</figcaption>
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a><em>.</em> We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This week I think I've found an FCC listing for the phone, showing it's received certification to launch in the US.</em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Last week I <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/898110/trump-phone-t1-release-certification">issued a reminder</a> that Trump Mobile's T1 Phone does not exist, and may never exist, despite the fact that the company <a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/875190/trump-phone-t1-first-look-design-interview-eric-thomas-don-hendrickson">showed me a phone</a> in an effort to convince me otherwise. Today instead I bring cause for optimism for the Trump phone believers: it appears to have been certified by the FCC.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none"><a href="https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=EWaxhy4er0AMYOk0tHi6OQ%3D%3D&amp;fcc_id=2BSZG-SGG06SM8661">FCC listings</a> for a smartphone with the trade name "T1" show that it was tested  …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/902399/trump-phone-mobile-t1-fcc-certification-authorization">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Nine months later, the Trump phone still doesn’t exist]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=898110</id>
			<updated>2026-03-20T13:46:49-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-03-20T13:46:49-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. Once again, we're waiting for a response. It's been more than a month since two Trump Mobile executives showed me what they claimed was the T1 Phone, and in the [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a><em>. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. <em>Once again, we're waiting for a response.</em></em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">It's been more than a month since two Trump Mobile executives showed me what they claimed was the T1 Phone, and in the time since, there's been… nothing. No news, no announcements, no phone. And the company has gone back to ignoring my emails.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">When <a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/875190/trump-phone-t1-first-look-design-interview-eric-thomas-don-hendrickson">I spoke to Don Hendrickson and Eric Thomas</a> in early February, I was told that within "the next couple of weeks" the <a href="https://trumpmobile.com/">Trump Mobile website</a> would be updated with a full spec sheet and imagery for the updated vers …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/898110/trump-phone-t1-release-certification">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Mobile is just one in the crowd of conservative carriers]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/894762/trump-mobile-conservative-mvno-radiant-patriot-puretalk-charity-liberty" />
			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=894762</id>
			<updated>2026-03-13T16:51:39-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-03-13T16:51:39-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. This week, I wanted to see how Trump Mobile stacks up to its conservative carrier competition. Trump Mobile isn't unique. I mean, it is in some pretty specific senses - it's not every day the president's family launches a phone company while [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a><em>.</em> This week, I wanted to see how Trump Mobile stacks up to its conservative carrier competition.</em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Trump Mobile isn't unique. I mean, it <em>is</em> in some pretty specific senses - it's not every day the president's family launches a phone company while he's in office - but it's far from the first company to offer a mobile carrier targeted at the conservative crowd. </p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">In fact, there's a rich history of smaller networks trying to make their money from patriots, Christians, and Republican voters. Like Trump Mobile, they're all MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators), carriers that …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/894762/trump-mobile-conservative-mvno-radiant-patriot-puretalk-charity-liberty">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Trump phone was a no-show at the world’s biggest mobile show]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/889837/trump-phone-mobile-world-congress-mwc" />
			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=889837</id>
			<updated>2026-03-05T13:17:46-05:00</updated>
			<published>2026-03-06T10:00:00-05:00</published>
			<category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Gadgets" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Mobile" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="MWC 2026" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Phones" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Policy" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Report" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" />
							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time, we tried, and failed, to find it at the world's biggest mobile trade show. This week Barcelona was taken over by the tech industry as Mobile World Congress [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a><em>.</em> We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time, we tried, and failed, to find it at the world's biggest mobile trade show.</em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">This week Barcelona was taken over by the tech industry as <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/882980/mwc-2026-news-phones-gadgets-announcements">Mobile World Congress</a> descended on the Spanish city. The world's biggest mobile show, MWC featured product launches from Xiaomi and Honor, colossal booths from Samsung and Motorola, and appearances from major carriers including T-Mobile and AT&amp;T. You know who was missing? Trump Mobile.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">After the Trump-themed network <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/859023/i-cant-find-the-trump-phone-at-americans-largest-tech-show">missed its chance to appear at CES</a>, t …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/889837/trump-phone-mobile-world-congress-mwc">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Trump phone sure looks a lot like this HTC handset]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=886135</id>
			<updated>2026-02-27T17:46:28-05:00</updated>
			<published>2026-02-27T14:27:12-05:00</published>
			<category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Gadgets" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="HTC" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Mobile" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Phones" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Policy" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Report" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" />
							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts, and have stopped getting a response. This week, thanks to a reader tip, we think we've found the original phone the T1 is based on. A long time ago, back [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<img alt="Promotional image showing the HTC U24 Pro" data-caption="The HTC U24 Pro may not be gold, but its design is otherwise awfully similar to the Trump phone’s. | Image: HTC" data-portal-copyright="Image: HTC" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/htc-u24-pro.avif?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
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	The HTC U24 Pro may not be gold, but its design is otherwise awfully similar to the Trump phone’s. | Image: HTC	</figcaption>
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a><em>. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts, and have stopped getting a response. This week, thanks to a reader tip, we think we've found the original phone the T1 is based on.</em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">A long time ago, back when the Trump phone was but a single, inaccurate render and a contradictory spec sheet, we <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/687800/trump-t1-phone-suspects-revvl-ulefone-doogee">tried to figure out what other phone it might be based on</a>. Now, eight months, two spec overhauls, and one redesign later, I have a good guess: the HTC U24 Pro.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">I didn't spot this by myself. A reader first <a href="https://www.gsmarena.com/htc_u24_pro-reviews-13138.php">tipped me off</a> to the similarities between the U24 …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/886135/trump-mobile-t1-phone-htc-u24-pro">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Mobile is just Liberty Mobile in gold foil]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/882064/trump-mobile-liberty-mobile-wireless-mvno" />
			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=882064</id>
			<updated>2026-02-20T13:17:42-05:00</updated>
			<published>2026-02-20T13:17:42-05:00</published>
			<category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Gadgets" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Mobile" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Phones" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Policy" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Report" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" />
							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. This week, we explain how the presidential phone company connects to an older company that's really running the show. We've long known that Trump Mobile was linked to Liberty Mobile, a carrier that's traded for years using freedom-themed branding to sell cheap [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone"><em>Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week</em></a><em>. This week, we explain how the presidential phone company connects to an older company that's really running the show.</em></p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">We've <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/829414/trump-mobile-mvno-wireless-service-test">long known</a> that Trump Mobile was linked to Liberty Mobile, a carrier that's traded for years using freedom-themed branding to sell cheap mobile plans to a conservative crowd. Turns out, the two businesses are even closer to one another than it had initially appeared. And as we wait for the launch of the Trump phone - potentially as soon as next month, having been delayed from August - it's worth understanding who's actually behind the device, reg …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/882064/trump-mobile-liberty-mobile-wireless-mvno">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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