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Trump Mobile Joins the Oval Office Sales Parade
Whether directly peddling products or not, the president is a walking financial conflict of interest who routinely enriches himself.
The latest grift.
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The president of the United States’ two eldest sons are getting into the mobile phone business.
Their company, Trump Mobile, is now offering a monthly plan, serviced by three existing telecommunications heavyweights — AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and T-Mobile US Inc. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., who are stewards of the family’s holding company, the Trump Organization, said they would also offer customers a “sleek, gold smartphone” that will be “MADE IN THE USA.” They’re pitching their new enterprise as “transformational.”