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Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
9secondkox2 said:Xed said:AppleZulu said:spheric said:9secondkox2 said:spheric said:9secondkox2 said:The point is, that some on this forum have been attacking the president for @lying” about the phone, when in fact, up to this point? He’s said nothing. That is a false claim.
https://www.trump.com/media/trump-mobile-launches-a-bold-new-wireless-service
“Trump Mobile is also excited to announce it will release the “T1 Phone” in August. It is a sleek, gold smartphone engineered for performance and proudly designed and built in the United States”That is a lie. It’s on Trump.com — which, I must assume, is the current president’s commercial website.That is the website of the trump organization which was handed off to his kids years ago.That wasn’t the issue. It has been claimed that President Trump was involved in the venture, even claiming that he made marketing statements on its behalf. Simply not true. Don’t know how deep you have to go into the hater club to pretend people don’t act like people or put words into their mouths to pretend to have something against them.I know you won’t and you may be intellectually or emotionally incapable of it, but just for a moment, imagine the whole arrangement, but substitute Joe Biden for Donald Trump and Hunter for Eric and Don Jr.
Imagine Hunter, announcing Biden Mobile and a Biden phone three years ago, while his dad was busy making announcements and executive orders that were all up in Apple’s business. There is no way you’d have said good for Hunter, for finding a way to make money, and no way you’d have excused Joe Biden, because he hasn’t said anything and thus must surely have nothing to do with it.You know you would’ve been first on here railing against the whole thing, and how Biden should be impeached, because there is no way he has nothing to do with Hunter seeking to monetize his father’s presidency. Oddly, I would have agreed with you, because this thing is corrupt, from start to finish. -
Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
spheric said:9secondkox2 said:spheric said:9secondkox2 said:The point is, that some on this forum have been attacking the president for @lying” about the phone, when in fact, up to this point? He’s said nothing. That is a false claim.
https://www.trump.com/media/trump-mobile-launches-a-bold-new-wireless-service
“Trump Mobile is also excited to announce it will release the “T1 Phone” in August. It is a sleek, gold smartphone engineered for performance and proudly designed and built in the United States”That is a lie. It’s on Trump.com — which, I must assume, is the current president’s commercial website.That is the website of the trump organization which was handed off to his kids years ago. -
Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
9secondkox2 said:AppleZulu said:9secondkox2 said:AppleZulu said:9secondkox2 said:Stabitha_Christie said:9secondkox2 said:AppleZulu said:9secondkox2 said:spheric said:Whichever way Tr*mp won, whether the systematic disenfranchisement of non-Republican voters is legitimate or not:We learn here that Tr*mp supporters are apparently fine with him just outright lying about the phone being "made in America".Noted.Plausible deniability actually has to be plausible. Pretending it is when it isn’t is just an embarrassingly transparent lie.
Trump was elected president by a majority vote. It was comprehensive, encompassing both the popular and electoral vote. You may not like it, just like much of the country did not like the previous admin. But it is what it is.
But apparently you are cool with people like Sph*ric attributing statements to people who never said them so long as it fits your narrative, so...
To recap, Trump Mobile is a thing. It was announced and was brought into being by the family of the president who run an organization that he handed off to them years ago. It is unfortunately a bit cringe in execution if a decent idea. The phone itself is mid at best. AI thinks it is a reskinned REVVL, Engadget disagrees and thinks it's something else which more closely aligns with the body style. The marketing and design is horrible. The service quality will be as good as Liberty Mobile I suppose. And Donald J Trump has said exactly nothing (publicly) about this venture.You also keep claiming Trump’s public silence on his phone grift means he has nothing to do with it. We all know that’s not true. At some point, he will say something about it, and you’ll pretend you never made this argument while you scramble for a new ridiculous twisted logic to claim this is all ok.
Of course he will say something about it. And of course it will be positive. His kids are pushing it. What’s he supposed to do? Haye on a venture his kids are doing with the organization? Be real man.He will no doubt be questioned by cnn or nbc or whoever and he will answer. That’s how things are done.Oh no! Him then speaking on it is somehow bad? LOL GET A GRIP.
The point is, that some on this forum have been attacking the president for @lying” about the phone, when in fact, up to this point? He’s said nothing. That is a false claim.I may not be a master of tax brackets, but the reality still hits annd the net pay wasnt a marked increase. And even if I made an error in understanding, that’s clearly a mistake or understsnding. Much different than something so purposely deceptive as you or spheric putting words in someone’s mouth who never said them, just to pretend to have a point.Remember that time when conservative media went all-in to condemn Barack Obama for wearing a tan suit, because it was supposedly beneath the dignity of the office? This is way worse than wearing a tan suit.The fact that you can, within the same thread here, acknowledge that the whole Trump mobile and Trump phone thing is tacky and in poor taste, and pretend with all your might that the president has nothing to do with it, but then have zero expectations that he should ever object to it, either? That says a lot about your values. The mental gymnastics it takes to run that obstacle course of cognitive dissonance is really something.Your last paragraph about “master of tax brackets” is incomprehensible. All I can say is that maybe you should consider putting the proverbial kool aid down, go outside, get some fresh air and think about what you really value in life.
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Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
spheric said:Amazing to think that Carter sold his peanut farm because it was assumed that the responsibility of running the then-most-powerful nation on Earth allowed for no distractions.Donald Trump did not put Trump Org into a blind trust, instead handing day-to-day operations over to his sons, who don’t even pretend to separate the business from politics. In addition to maintaining ownership of his social media platform (literally monetizing public communications of the president), Trump launched a crypto currency company, effectively a tool to accept billions of dollars in personal donations, including deals with foreign countries and presidential access events for top crypto purchasers. He still charges the Secret Service rent. He accepted a $400 million 747 as a gift from a foreign government which will cost taxpayers an estimated $1 billion to retrofit, after which he plans to take it all with him when he leaves office.In the context of this unprecedented level of corruption, the Trump phone thing is small change, but we can’t let ourselves be desensitized and normalize this stuff. Trump literally targeted Apple with a threatened smartphone tariff if they didn’t start making iPhones in the US immediately. Unless the Trump phone thing is complete vaporware, they knew their business plan was pending while Trump was threatening direct competitors by presidential fiat. If they just cooked up the whole Trump phone idea in the past two weeks (also a real possibility) that flips the order, but still presents a stunning conflict of interest. Even without the phone device, Trump Mobile represents a conflict of interest, as they are seeking access to the cell networks owned by all of the major phone companies, which are regulated by the FCC. This isn’t only about grifting on the presidential “brand.” It’s about doing personal business in the epicenter of direct, unilateral, official presidential actions. This alone should be an impeachable offense. -
Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
9secondkox2 said:AppleZulu said:9secondkox2 said:Stabitha_Christie said:9secondkox2 said:AppleZulu said:9secondkox2 said:spheric said:Whichever way Tr*mp won, whether the systematic disenfranchisement of non-Republican voters is legitimate or not:We learn here that Tr*mp supporters are apparently fine with him just outright lying about the phone being "made in America".Noted.Plausible deniability actually has to be plausible. Pretending it is when it isn’t is just an embarrassingly transparent lie.
Trump was elected president by a majority vote. It was comprehensive, encompassing both the popular and electoral vote. You may not like it, just like much of the country did not like the previous admin. But it is what it is.
But apparently you are cool with people like Sph*ric attributing statements to people who never said them so long as it fits your narrative, so...
To recap, Trump Mobile is a thing. It was announced and was brought into being by the family of the president who run an organization that he handed off to them years ago. It is unfortunately a bit cringe in execution if a decent idea. The phone itself is mid at best. AI thinks it is a reskinned REVVL, Engadget disagrees and thinks it's something else which more closely aligns with the body style. The marketing and design is horrible. The service quality will be as good as Liberty Mobile I suppose. And Donald J Trump has said exactly nothing (publicly) about this venture.You also keep claiming Trump’s public silence on his phone grift means he has nothing to do with it. We all know that’s not true. At some point, he will say something about it, and you’ll pretend you never made this argument while you scramble for a new ridiculous twisted logic to claim this is all ok.
Of course he will say something about it. And of course it will be positive. His kids are pushing it. What’s he supposed to do? Haye on a venture his kids are doing with the organization? Be real man.He will no doubt be questioned by cnn or nbc or whoever and he will answer. That’s how things are done.Oh no! Him then speaking on it is somehow bad? LOL GET A GRIP.
The point is, that some on this forum have been attacking the president for @lying” about the phone, when in fact, up to this point? He’s said nothing. That is a false claim.I may not be a master of tax brackets, but the reality still hits annd the net pay wasnt a marked increase. And even if I made an error in understanding, that’s clearly a mistake or understsnding. Much different than something so purposely deceptive as you or spheric putting words in someone’s mouth who never said them, just to pretend to have a point.Remember that time when conservative media went all-in to condemn Barack Obama for wearing a tan suit, because it was supposedly beneath the dignity of the office? This is way worse than wearing a tan suit.The fact that you can, within the same thread here, acknowledge that the whole Trump mobile and Trump phone thing is tacky and in poor taste, and pretend with all your might that the president has nothing to do with it, but then have zero expectations that he should ever object to it, either? That says a lot about your values. The mental gymnastics it takes to run that obstacle course of cognitive dissonance is really something.Your last paragraph about “master of tax brackets” is incomprehensible. All I can say is that maybe you should consider putting the proverbial kool aid down, go outside, get some fresh air and think about what you really value in life.