That awful gold Trump phone will reportedly ship this week

Our long national nightmare is almost over. The Trump phone is allegedly shipping this week, the company claims. This has been quite the saga, as these gold-hued smartphones were supposed to reach customers all the way back in August (and then October.) It's now nearly a year after the original announcement, leading many fans of the president to cry foul over the prospect of having their pockets picked — especially since the company quietly rewrote its terms to state there was no guarantee the phone would ever be released.

600,000 people got the Trump phone. Scratch that. 600,000 people ordered the Trump phone, put $100 deposit down on it, and never got it. So where's the $60 million Donnie?

— MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 (@MAGACult2) April 29, 2026

It's been reported that nearly 600,000 people forked over $100 as a deposit for the phone, to ...