Trump claimed that he was all about "America First" and that he would work for the American people, but that was an obvious lie because he was and still is literally working on behalf of Israel and of course, Big Oil when he decided to start a new war against Iran that resulted in a humiliating defeat for the US military.

Trump had promised that he was going to bring manufacturing jobs to the US by pushing his tariff policies on the planet in order to force both American and foreign companies to make products in the US, and that these same companies would pay the tariffs, but that did not happen, instead it turned out that the US consumer would end up paying for the tariffs. Trump's reckless tariff policies ultimately backfired in his face when US courts finally ruled against him because he had no constitutional authority and did not follow international trade laws.

Now there is something going on with Trump's 'T1 Gold Phone' about being "Made in the USA" which may be another lie which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone at this point in time. Trump's T1 Gold Phone was supposed to be "Made in the USA" which was about putting "America First" right?  Well, not quite.  According to various reports, Trump's phone may not even be manufactured in the US.

Back on June 17th, 2025, The Verge, which was one of the first online news websites that focuses on technology issues who has been investigating Trump's T1 Gold Phone since its introduction had published an interesting article, 'Who is really behind the Trump Mobile T1 phone? Our money's on one of these Chinese ODMs, but which phone is it?' said that "A spokesperson for the Trump Organization doubled down on this claim to The Wall Street Journal, saying "manufacturing for the new phone will be in Alabama, California and Florida."  Ok, that's interesting, but does the US really have that type of capability to produce such a complicated mobile device, and if they did, how much would it actually cost?

But unless the organization has somehow hidden an entire domestic mobile device supply chain right under our noses, this is virtually impossible. The T1 Phone, as it's called, lists some decent midrange specs like a 6.8-inch OLED 120Hz refresh rate screen. Offering it for $500 as soon as this fall? That would take a miracle. Case in point: a company called Purism makes a device called the Liberty Phone, which sources many of its parts from US companies and assembles it here. The cost? $2000, and you won't find something as luxurious as an OLED panel there

A report published on May 19th, 2026 by the UK-based, The Independent, 'The Trump cell phone has finally arrived – but is no longer 'Made in the  USA' and the American flag design is missing two stripes' said that "The gold-plated $499 phone is no longer marketed as "Made in the USA," and the American flag design on the back of the handset appears to have 11 stripes instead of 13″ which is a major error especially for the average MAGA supporter who are the majority of the people who invested in the $499 phone.  "The Android-operated device was first promoted as "Made in the USA" in June 2025, CNN and NBC News noted. But Trump Mobile has since changed the language on its website to "designed with American values in mind."