600,000 people sent in $100 deposits for this thing—!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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    For nearly 600,000 Americans who trusted a brand built on the Trump name, the gold phone has become the latest entry in a long record of ventures that took their money and delivered nothing.

    They wanted a Trump experience and they got one. Could argue they got what they paid for.

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      I know that you meant this as 100% sarcasm, but this is going to be the real answer.

      It’s going to be Biden, possibly Clinton, Samsung, and possibly whoever else has slighted or failed to bribe him who are at fault. And these dumb, hateful mother fuckers are going to accept it and keep worshiping Trump.

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        What I really love about this scam is that it was NOT going to just be a 3rd party phone with Trump branding. They were going to actually make a new, 100% American designed and made phone by the Trump brand. And this was going to happen for a mere $500.

        At that pricepoint for a startup they wouldn’t be paying anyone anything. That is a pipedream of a kickstarter pricepoint for a phone. Them blaming Samsung for this would be laughable

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        Cultists live in a world that is sufficiently disjoint from the world others live in to make it make sense for them.

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    Can’t feel bad for people who got conned by a con man and now are suckers and losers for getting scammed.

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    You mean to tell me the con man scammed them out of their money? Shocking. /s

    Seriously it would be more surprising if they did come out.

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    LMAO. I LOVE IT. Such an American thing for a president to scam his own voters. Literally scam them out of money.

    They will moan a bit and then say “I would vote for him again” 🤣🤣🤣

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      Is it a scam when you know it’ll happen along based on patterns? Masochism is the term I think

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      I can’t help but laugh when one of them gives a 5 minute interview about how disappointed they are in getting scammed, but ends it by saying it was the only voting option and they would never vote Democrat even now.

      This is what society looks like when your vote can be expected and doesn’t need to be earned.

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    And people are now getting emails saying that their phone will never arrive, with no mention of them getting their deposits back.

    Anyone have the text of the actual email?

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    Some days I wish I could just put my morals/ethics aside. One good grift and I could be rolling in MAGA money till the day I die.

    It’s unfortunate I’m unwilling to compromise myself and forgo peaceful sleep for the rest of my life.

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    In a logical world, this would result in 600k less electors for the orange buffon, wouldn’t it?

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      In a logical world this would result in a different president right away but this is the, what, tenth time this is happening? I lost count honestly. The trump coins, the gold phones, the tariffs etc etc. One way or another they were all designed to funnel money from the poor (and sometimes the stupid) to the rich.

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      Nah. It’s obviously someone else’s faults because Trump never does anything wrong, ever, and saying this is because of Trump is probably treason or some shit.

      And they will listen, conclude he’s an admirable man and vote for him again if they have the opportunity.

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    this is important to understand: they weren’t buying the phone. they were owning the libs. For every magat who’s furious, there’s four to six hogs who’ll feel good because all they care is that you don’t want that money go to him.

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    I mean, I have a feeling that a lot of these pre-orders or $100 deposits were probably bulk purchased by CEOs as bribes.