{"id":1178,"date":"2026-05-26T11:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:52:25","slug":"trump-golden-phone-is-a-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/trump-golden-phone-is-a-flop\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP GOLDEN PHONE IS A FLOP&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"main\" class=\"b-right-rail__main\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"c-grid b-right-rail__rail-container\">\n<div class=\"c-stack b-right-rail__main-interior-item\" data-style-direction=\"vertical\" data-style-justification=\"start\" data-style-alignment=\"unset\" data-style-inline=\"false\" data-style-wrap=\"nowrap\">\n<h2 class=\"c-heading b-subheadline\">The $500 device has received a gag-inducing comparison.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-stack b-share-bar\" data-style-direction=\"vertical\" data-style-justification=\"center\" data-style-alignment=\"center\" data-style-inline=\"false\" data-style-wrap=\"nowrap\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"comment-counter\" class=\"c-button__content__count\" data-spotim-module=\"messages-count\" data-post-id=\"Y2VYQCKQD5HONDQZ5I6F7ZPIWM\">\n<div class=\"spotim-light\" data-openweb-style-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div data-spot-im-direction=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"b-lead-art\">\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-lead-art__video-iframe-container\"><iframe title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/fi8o7YAd-AjIcq1uW.html\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"b-article-body\">\n<article id=\"main-article\" class=\"\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The long-delayed golden Trump Mobile phone looks nothing like the advertised image, has a smaller screen than promised, and its color leaves a lot to be desired, according to one of the few people to lay eyes on a real one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The $500 Trump phone has now been delivered to tech media for review, one year after it was announced and nine months after its hard launch to cash-rich MAGA diehards.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Not only is the screen smaller than expected, but the phone is also not made in America as promised, Patrick Holland, the managing editor of tech site CNET, told CNN. Rather, Holland added, the packaging says the phone is \u201cdesigned with American values in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/VA6X6PNN3NALBKPSUMTJWAMBQE.png?auth=05d29141df7177287bddeacf93fc6bacd54c7226874a5c2d18f5025a19ab5e60&amp;width=800&amp;height=449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/VA6X6PNN3NALBKPSUMTJWAMBQE.png?auth=05d29141df7177287bddeacf93fc6bacd54c7226874a5c2d18f5025a19ab5e60&amp;width=800&amp;height=449 800w, https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/VA6X6PNN3NALBKPSUMTJWAMBQE.png?auth=05d29141df7177287bddeacf93fc6bacd54c7226874a5c2d18f5025a19ab5e60&amp;width=1024&amp;height=574 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/VA6X6PNN3NALBKPSUMTJWAMBQE.png?auth=05d29141df7177287bddeacf93fc6bacd54c7226874a5c2d18f5025a19ab5e60&amp;width=1440&amp;height=808 1440w\" alt=\"Patrick Holland discusses the Trump Phone on CNN.\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Patrick Holland discusses the Trump Phone on CNN. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">screen grab <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Holland reviewed the phone on CNN on Monday after spending the day testing it, and the news was not good for customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Holland says the actual product looks \u201cnothing like the original image\u201d from last year, which he said resembled an \u201caltered iPhone 16 Pro.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"fancylink-card\">\n<div class=\"fancylink-card__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-mobile-phone-is-finally-releasedwith-a-major-blunder\/\" aria-label=\"\/trump-mobile-phone-is-finally-releasedwith-a-major-blunder\/\"><span class=\"fancylink-card__title\">Trump Mobile Phone Is Finally Released\u2014With a Major Blunder<\/span><\/a><a class=\"fancylink-card__rubric fancylink-card__rubric-tdb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-mobile-phone-is-finally-releasedwith-a-major-blunder\/\" aria-label=\"\/trump-mobile-phone-is-finally-releasedwith-a-major-blunder\/\">MADE IN CONFUSION<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fancylink-card__authors-box\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/author\/martha-mchardy\"><span class=\"fancylink-card__authors-box--name\">Martha McHardy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-mobile-phone-is-finally-releasedwith-a-major-blunder\/\" aria-label=\"\/trump-mobile-phone-is-finally-releasedwith-a-major-blunder\/\"><picture class=\"c-picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QJ7O6XWUW5HPTGH2QDJT65AXIQ.jpg?auth=a698550eea4376c23344688a78176d3fa06140e42c099b6c45077ae32601c15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=400\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QJ7O6XWUW5HPTGH2QDJT65AXIQ.jpg?auth=a698550eea4376c23344688a78176d3fa06140e42c099b6c45077ae32601c15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QJ7O6XWUW5HPTGH2QDJT65AXIQ.jpg?auth=a698550eea4376c23344688a78176d3fa06140e42c099b6c45077ae32601c15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800\" media=\"(max-width: 703px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QJ7O6XWUW5HPTGH2QDJT65AXIQ.jpg?auth=a698550eea4376c23344688a78176d3fa06140e42c099b6c45077ae32601c15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1000\" media=\"(max-width: 900px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QJ7O6XWUW5HPTGH2QDJT65AXIQ.jpg?auth=a698550eea4376c23344688a78176d3fa06140e42c099b6c45077ae32601c15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 1031px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QJ7O6XWUW5HPTGH2QDJT65AXIQ.jpg?auth=a698550eea4376c23344688a78176d3fa06140e42c099b6c45077ae32601c15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1400\" media=\"(min-width: 1032px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-image fancylink-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QJ7O6XWUW5HPTGH2QDJT65AXIQ.jpg?auth=a698550eea4376c23344688a78176d3fa06140e42c099b6c45077ae32601c15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=300\" alt=\"trump mobile\" width=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The tech expert ripped into the phone\u2019s selling point, criticizing the \u201cgold\u201d coloring in honor of Trump\u2019s favorite thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSometimes it looks like those gold coins that Scrooge McDuck would jump into for <i>DuckTales<\/i>,\u201d Holland said of the Disney character bathing in his riches.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-wrap ad-wrap--openweb-iau \">\n<div class=\"ad__openweb-iau-slot tdb-ads-block\" data-openweb-ad=\"true\" data-row=\"1\" data-column=\"1\">\n<div data-mini-ad-unit=\"true\">\n<div class=\"spotim-light\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"spotim-specific\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-wrap ad-wrap--tablet-openweb-article-1 ad-wrap--hide\">\n<div id=\"arcad-feature-f0fwNn8N3NiFd3-1ca5f3f8637832\" class=\"c-stack tdb-ads-block\" data-style-direction=\"vertical\" data-style-justification=\"start\" data-style-alignment=\"center\" data-style-inline=\"false\" data-style-wrap=\"nowrap\">\n<div class=\"ad-block-unit-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ad-block-unit-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"tablet-openweb-article-1\" class=\"ad-unit-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/CBESO2T7LVF3LDB3HCXXELWNB4.jpg?auth=33aad9742d061c2e67c07b79082cd26981d12c47dbd8f29be33444d5679449fb&amp;width=800&amp;height=450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/CBESO2T7LVF3LDB3HCXXELWNB4.jpg?auth=33aad9742d061c2e67c07b79082cd26981d12c47dbd8f29be33444d5679449fb&amp;width=800&amp;height=450 800w, https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/CBESO2T7LVF3LDB3HCXXELWNB4.jpg?auth=33aad9742d061c2e67c07b79082cd26981d12c47dbd8f29be33444d5679449fb&amp;width=1024&amp;height=576 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/CBESO2T7LVF3LDB3HCXXELWNB4.jpg?auth=33aad9742d061c2e67c07b79082cd26981d12c47dbd8f29be33444d5679449fb&amp;width=1440&amp;height=810 1440w\" alt=\"Donald Duck reluctantly takes his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie to the home of their reclusive great-uncle Scrooge McDuck.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-media-item__fig-caption\"><span class=\"c-media-item__caption\">Scrooge McDuck on a phone, not a Trump Phone. <\/span><span class=\"c-media-item__credit\">Disney XD\/Disney XD via Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOther times, it\u2019s got a mustard vibe to it, and yet other times, it kind of looks like a urine sample.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a title=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/trump-mobile-phone-reviews\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/trump-mobile-phone-reviews\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\">CNET unboxing<\/a> video also reveals that the American flag etched into the phone has 11 stripes, instead of 13. It comes with an old-school headphone jack and has Truth Social pre-installed. The camera also automatically filters selfies.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"fancylink-card\">\n<div class=\"fancylink-card__content\">\n<div class=\"fancylink-card__authors-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/maga-fans-revolt-over-trump-mobile-phone-disaster\/\" aria-label=\"\/maga-fans-revolt-over-trump-mobile-phone-disaster\/\"><picture class=\"c-picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/LK3UX4AOKJBTXKUHQXKAPFJVVY.jpg?auth=08d1425297c7124d21543034ed72d1dae9bfdf3a05b6b4d069e582a347a8dce7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=400\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/LK3UX4AOKJBTXKUHQXKAPFJVVY.jpg?auth=08d1425297c7124d21543034ed72d1dae9bfdf3a05b6b4d069e582a347a8dce7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/LK3UX4AOKJBTXKUHQXKAPFJVVY.jpg?auth=08d1425297c7124d21543034ed72d1dae9bfdf3a05b6b4d069e582a347a8dce7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=800\" media=\"(max-width: 703px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/LK3UX4AOKJBTXKUHQXKAPFJVVY.jpg?auth=08d1425297c7124d21543034ed72d1dae9bfdf3a05b6b4d069e582a347a8dce7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1000\" media=\"(max-width: 900px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/LK3UX4AOKJBTXKUHQXKAPFJVVY.jpg?auth=08d1425297c7124d21543034ed72d1dae9bfdf3a05b6b4d069e582a347a8dce7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 1031px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/LK3UX4AOKJBTXKUHQXKAPFJVVY.jpg?auth=08d1425297c7124d21543034ed72d1dae9bfdf3a05b6b4d069e582a347a8dce7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1400\" media=\"(min-width: 1032px)\" sizes=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-image fancylink-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/LK3UX4AOKJBTXKUHQXKAPFJVVY.jpg?auth=08d1425297c7124d21543034ed72d1dae9bfdf3a05b6b4d069e582a347a8dce7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=300\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks with workers who have been painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2026. Workers have been resurfacing the bottom of Washington's famous Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with &quot;American flag blue&quot;-colored material used in swimming pools, following an order by US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Holland said he would not recommend the phone to customers due to the unknown technical construction of the $500 item.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2018t know what the processor is in the phone. We don\u2018t know what the software and security updates will be,\u201d Holland said<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He also said he has a \u201cbig worry\u201d about whether the Trump Phone will actually ship to people who paid for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhile a couple of us in the media do have it, I can\u2018t find many cases of actual customers who put their money down to order the phone with the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media-item b-article-body__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QR3P4NTE7NANLPADQ6ISSY7CMM.jpg?auth=ae4e2bd0e0c8c827941d60beec30fc1a05e74f0138478bf98692760d286734e0&amp;width=800&amp;height=449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QR3P4NTE7NANLPADQ6ISSY7CMM.jpg?auth=ae4e2bd0e0c8c827941d60beec30fc1a05e74f0138478bf98692760d286734e0&amp;width=800&amp;height=449 800w, https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QR3P4NTE7NANLPADQ6ISSY7CMM.jpg?auth=ae4e2bd0e0c8c827941d60beec30fc1a05e74f0138478bf98692760d286734e0&amp;width=1024&amp;height=574 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/resizer\/v2\/QR3P4NTE7NANLPADQ6ISSY7CMM.jpg?auth=ae4e2bd0e0c8c827941d60beec30fc1a05e74f0138478bf98692760d286734e0&amp;width=1440&amp;height=808 1440w\" alt=\"President Donald Trump is regularly seen with his phone and frequently posts on his platform, Truth Social.\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $500 device has received a gag-inducing comparison. The long-delayed golden Trump Mobile phone looks nothing like the advertised image, has a smaller screen than promised, and its color leaves a lot to be desired, according to one of the few people to lay eyes on a real one. The $500 Trump phone has now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}