The Trump organization, led by the children of the American president Donald Trumpannounced on Monday that it launched a new mobile phone business: Trump Mobile.
The eldest son of the president, Donald Trump Jr., announced the Last company Alongside his brother, Eric Trump, Trump Tower in New York.
The so-called “Plan 47”, which is Offered only in the United StatesIncludes a smartphone of US $ 499 and a monthly plan of $ 47.45 – a wink to the president’s first and second terms – which includes a text, discussions and unlimited data, a “TV and pharmacy advantage” and road assistance, according to the Venture website.
The service will also offer free long distance calls for soldiers and their families. No credit contract or verification will be necessary to access the plan.
The smartphone seems to have come in a gold metal case engraved with the American flag.
Screengrab / Trumpmobile.com
Eric Trump said that phones, which will be sold in September, will be manufactured in the United States and that the telephone service will also keep a call center in the country.
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“You are not call centers In Bangladesh-do it straight about Saint-Louis, Missouri, and you will have phones that are manufactured here in the United States of America, “he told Fox Business in an interview on Monday.
“The Americans who work hard deserve an affordable wireless service, reflect their values and offer a reliable quality on which they can count,” he also in a press release, arguing that consumers deserve a phone that aligns their values.
The “Trump Mobile” announcement comes less than a month after the president threatened to SLAP 25% Pins on the iPhone Maker Apple And other smartphones giants so as not to have produced their phones at the national level.
This is the last of a series of companies that have been announced while Trump is in the White House.
The announcement of the mobile phone and service, called T1 Mobile – not to be confused with the widely used T -Mobile, an American wireless network operator – follows several real estate offers for towers and stations in the Middle East, including a Golf development in Qatar announced in April. A $ 1.5 billion partnership to build golf courses, hotels and real estate projects in Vietnam was approved last month, but the agreement was underway before the Trump election.
Surveillance of companies with the name Trump Attaché has raised ethical concerns.
The Federal Communications Commission, the main regulatory body supervising mobile telephone companies, has already launched the media surveys that Trump does not like and, in some cases, continues personally.
As CNBC notes, “the new corporate foray into telecommunications mainly Includes a license agreementAnd follows Other products the president and his companies were deployed during his political career, such as Bibles, sneakers and watches.
Friday, the president said that he had made more than $ 8 million in 2024 from various license agreements.
The announcement was timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Trump day took the Golden Escalator Inside Trump Tower down to announce his 2016 presidential race, notes CNN.
– With files from the Associated Press
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