“Get ready to experience the power of TrumpSM Mobile. Our MADE IN THE USA ‘T1SM Phone’ is available for pre-order now. Reserve your phone TODAY!!” says the section of the homepage of TrumpMobile.com on the T1 phone, barely a footnote while the rest of it is about the service.
Which is kind of in tension with what Eric Trump said to Russian asset Benny Johnson: “Eventually all the phones can be built in the United States,” during his infomercial tour this morning. Also note that he doesn’t hold the “T1” up to the camera or offer any information about its specs, even just the basics like storage capacity, dimensions, camera resolution, and so on. You’d think that if he had developed a phone that was superior to – or even competitive with – other top models on the market then there would be a lot of hype about that aspect or maybe some b-roll showing someone using it.
As if to underscore that, here’s Don Jr correcting Benny on where they’re being built: