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The new company says it will manufacture its Android phone in the United States but it has not said how it could do that.
June 16, 2025, 5:30 p.m. ET
President Trump’s family business announced Monday that it was launching a mobile phone and cellular service in the first family’s latest attempt to capitalize on Mr. Trump’s political base.
The announcement by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest sons, who run the Trump Organization, left some basic questions unanswered.
The new $499 gold-toned Android phones would be designed and manufactured in the United States, but it was not clear how or where. The country lacks much of the necessary infrastructure to produce smartphones.
One member of the new Trump phone team also said a $47 monthly cellular service plan would include 24/7 telemedicine. But the health services that the company says would be included typically cost much more than the entire monthly fee.
The plan calls for the Trump Organization to license the use of the family name to a separate business, called T1 Mobile L.L.C., that incorporated in Florida in late April.
Although the Trumps are merely lending their name to the venture, the deal could still pose conflicts of interest as the president’s family moves into an industry regulated by his administration.
