So technically, in this specific instance, Trump Mobile isn't run by Donald Trump. It's instead a separate company run by Don Jr and Eric Trump. That company is then licensing the "Trump" name from The Trump Organization.
Now The Trump Organization is owned by Donald Trump, although officially run by Don Jr, Eric, etc.
But you're absolutely right that all of this is bullshit. It's also why Trump is so pissed at New York AG Letitia James for investigating and uncovering all sorts of shady business practices.
You're absolutely right that Congress should be doing something about it.
Everything is a test to see if they can push things further. Hocking a vocal ass-sniffing donor's wares in an absurd and awkward showcase to troll the left while showing he was in on the joke was all part of a grift and a test.
If you can do something so seemingly incompetent and bizarre, then you've cleared an opening to inject something more malignant next time.
It's a bit of a wank article to be honest - it doesn't even go on to say if the SIM was delivered. Why not wait the extra day and publish the article after it was due to be delivered?
If it didn't get delivered then it's easy meat for Trump-kicking, and if it did get delivered then you'd get some sort of review from some other poor fucker daft enough to sign up to it.
Trump mobile?! wtf is that? This shit is ridiculous. Remember when you guys had Carter and he was in hot shit until he sold his fucking peanut farm or whatever? And now you guys have this. Not a serious country at all.
Remember when you guys had Carter and he was in hot shit until he sold his fucking peanut farm or whatever?
Let's be clear about this: Carter was never "in hot shit" about his farm. Carter put his farm in a blind trust proactively because he respected the emoluments clause and interpreted it broadly.
Yeah I’m not really that well versed in what happened. All I know is “something something Carter something something peanut farm.” Thank you for clarifying.
Just throwing it out there, and for the record I agree with you, but if you're going to criticize people's intelligence, you can't make an egregious spelling error like that.
Wait for knock-off Trump-branded goods on Temu and Alibaba. They'll probably be of better quality than the originals. And that's not saying they'll be anything more than worthless straight-to-landfill crap.
Remember that those MAGA dumbasses aren't just wasting money. They're adding more power to Trump. Fucker went bankrupt six times and finally found the holy grail of scams: be the senile puppet boy of the rich corpos. I always thought W was a puppet, but he seems to have at least drawn a line at full blown tyranny. We need to convince these people to buy stupid shit again... beanie babies 2.0?
And it's more expensive than the most expensive US mobile plan, which would have faster speeds, whereas Trump Mobile's drops off after a certain (lower than T-Mobile's own plans) amount of GB data usage since they're solely using T-Mobile as an MVNO, and also has deprioritized data speeds during periods of network congestion.
It would also get you the ability to switch underlying network providers if you're in a dead zone, international calling and data in more locations, better customer support given all the experiences we've seen from reviewers, and unlimited hotspot data, plus better bundle deals for families or people with smart watches that need separate data.
Hell, even T-Mobile's own own plans, which are usually substantially more expensive than other companies they solely act as an MVNO for, like Mint Mobile, (which is actually owned by T-Mobile now) which will get you the same value as T-Mobile's $50/mo plan in a $30/mo plan that is just $15/mo for new users for up to a 12 month period.
Trump Mobile is just $2.55 cheaper than T-Mobile's $50 plan.
56 Comments
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 116 pts · 291d
Some Trump product a scam, really? Youdontsay.jpg
satanmat@lemmy.world · 115 pts · 291d
This shit pisses me off.
If Biden/Obama/aoc were pulling this we’d hear about emoluments 24/7
But Trump does it and dems are like oh maybe we should just see what happens….
Then we have TrumpRX and Trump making millions off crypto
GDISM
MimicJar@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 291d
So technically, in this specific instance, Trump Mobile isn't run by Donald Trump. It's instead a separate company run by Don Jr and Eric Trump. That company is then licensing the "Trump" name from The Trump Organization.
Now The Trump Organization is owned by Donald Trump, although officially run by Don Jr, Eric, etc.
But you're absolutely right that all of this is bullshit. It's also why Trump is so pissed at New York AG Letitia James for investigating and uncovering all sorts of shady business practices.
You're absolutely right that Congress should be doing something about it.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 291d
If Congress did something about it might highlight or stifle their own unethical profiteering.
pivot_root@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 291d
What's next?
Trump Burderthis one already exists.skvlp@lemmy.wtf · 6 pts · 291d
At least Intel, and probably more, are already paying protection? I suppose it’s easier to collect protection than to organise a scam operation.
Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 291d
we already have the trump drone company, im sure theres more
Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 290d
They already did the trump phone and I’d argue trump steaks could qualify as trumpmart
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 291d
trump diapers he hasnt really capitalize on it yet. probably turmp glasses and sunglasses , fake gold edition with his signature.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 9 pts · 291d
I just can't get over him selling beans in the oval office. it's so absurd
fartographer@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 291d
Everything is a test to see if they can push things further. Hocking a vocal ass-sniffing donor's wares in an absurd and awkward showcase to troll the left while showing he was in on the joke was all part of a grift and a test.
If you can do something so seemingly incompetent and bizarre, then you've cleared an opening to inject something more malignant next time.
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 283d
That's because I'm the aggregate they are all the same. Regardless of party most are corrupt and get along just fine behind close doors.
I mean, Pelosi made over $100 million on the stock market via inside trading, a number of GOP do the same, maybe not well as her, but they do it, too.
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk · 69 pts · 291d
It's a bit of a wank article to be honest - it doesn't even go on to say if the SIM was delivered. Why not wait the extra day and publish the article after it was due to be delivered?
If it didn't get delivered then it's easy meat for Trump-kicking, and if it did get delivered then you'd get some sort of review from some other poor fucker daft enough to sign up to it.
Bit of a waste of time really.
Dragonstaff@leminal.space · 4 pts · 291d
Because his deadline was today and his sim hadn't arrived. "Waiting an extra day" is not an option.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 65 pts · 291d
Trump mobile?! wtf is that? This shit is ridiculous. Remember when you guys had Carter and he was in hot shit until he sold his fucking peanut farm or whatever? And now you guys have this. Not a serious country at all.
grue@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 291d
Let's be clear about this: Carter was never "in hot shit" about his farm. Carter put his farm in a blind trust proactively because he respected the emoluments clause and interpreted it broadly.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 291d
Yeah I’m not really that well versed in what happened. All I know is “something something Carter something something peanut farm.” Thank you for clarifying.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 291d
It's like a reverse emoluments clause
blattrules@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 291d
Another day, another grift for that family.
pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 291d
Why give this man any of your money? He is known to be a scam artist. Stop supporting scam artists.
artyom@piefed.social · 24 pts · 291d
Because they're a journalist exposing a scam with POTUS's name on it.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 291d
But literally everything he's ever done has been a scam. At some point it stopped being journalism and just became enabling our gullibility.
Like, when 20 out of 20 endeavours the dude has put his name in have been scams... Do you really need an investigation of endeavour #21?
artyom@piefed.social · 8 pts · 291d
And yet people keep buying, so clearly not everyone understands that.
$14 won't enable him to do shit. In fact he'll be disabled if fewer people buy his scams as a result.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 288d
For low values of "people."
artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 288d
Huh?
frongt@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 291d
A new sucker is born every minute. What does this accomplish?
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 291d
Absolutely.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 291d
It’s not even him. It’s just another scam company licensing the name to scam a few bucks outta some suckers.
They’ll be long gone by the time anyone that gives a shit gets back in control of the FCC to hold them accountable
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 291d
You are overestimating the intelligence of the American populous.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 291d
Just throwing it out there, and for the record I agree with you, but if you're going to criticize people's intelligence, you can't make an egregious spelling error like that.
Populace.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 291d
Nah, it's ok. I'm American.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 288d
Wait for knock-off Trump-branded goods on Temu and Alibaba. They'll probably be of better quality than the originals. And that's not saying they'll be anything more than worthless straight-to-landfill crap.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 291d
You don't get a SIM
You become a SIMP
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 291d
So, you could say that the geriatric, obese, orange lardbucket isn't very...
(Puts on sunglasses)...
Mobile.
YEAHHHHHHHhhhhh!
fox2263@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 291d
And you never will
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 20 pts · 291d
its always a scam to launder money from russia, and other places.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 290d
Am I the only one seeing the Schutzstaffel ⚡ in the negative space between the 4 and 7?
falseWhite@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 291d
unphazed@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 291d
Remember that those MAGA dumbasses aren't just wasting money. They're adding more power to Trump. Fucker went bankrupt six times and finally found the holy grail of scams: be the senile puppet boy of the rich corpos. I always thought W was a puppet, but he seems to have at least drawn a line at full blown tyranny. We need to convince these people to buy stupid shit again... beanie babies 2.0?
TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 291d
Such a grift but I will give it to them, charging $47.45 is pretty clever marketing.
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social · 5 pts · 291d
And it's more expensive than the most expensive US mobile plan, which would have faster speeds, whereas Trump Mobile's drops off after a certain (lower than T-Mobile's own plans) amount of GB data usage since they're solely using T-Mobile as an MVNO, and also has deprioritized data speeds during periods of network congestion.
It would also get you the ability to switch underlying network providers if you're in a dead zone, international calling and data in more locations, better customer support given all the experiences we've seen from reviewers, and unlimited hotspot data, plus better bundle deals for families or people with smart watches that need separate data.
Hell, even T-Mobile's own own plans, which are usually substantially more expensive than other companies they solely act as an MVNO for, like Mint Mobile, (which is actually owned by T-Mobile now) which will get you the same value as T-Mobile's $50/mo plan in a $30/mo plan that is just $15/mo for new users for up to a 12 month period.
Trump Mobile is just $2.55 cheaper than T-Mobile's $50 plan.
IonTempted@lemmynsfw.com · 10 pts · 291d
In a way it's sad that people get scammed, on the other they had it coming. Same way with the poor people still voting for him
kokesh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 290d
I think only mentaly poor people vote for him. He promises taking away their health care and does it, yet they still support him.
Odo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 291d
I'm not the only one seeing the SS rune in the space between the 4 and 7, am I? That had to be intentional.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 290d
definitely whoever invented the number 47 was a racist
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 291d
Who could have seen this coming?
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 291d
Oh they spying the shit out of you lol
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 291d
How can they? They haven't even sent the spying device yet.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 291d
Yeah it's a regular phone.
fin@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 291d
He still don't realize "Trump" is a badge of shame
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 4 pts · 291d
Tulsi hasn't finished putting in the freedom taps yet
Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 291d
Same people buying this are the same fools claiming the government are tracking everyone's phones
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 291d
But the government is tracking everyone's phones through purchase of data from private enterprises.
Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 290d
I didn't say they weren't.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 290d
Using the verb "Claiming" implies you were, especially because you said "fools" before
Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 289d
What can I say, I am rather stupid.
DrSleepless@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 291d
Ha ha!
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 291d