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Mocked Trump Mobile yanks coverage map that ignored Trump renaming Gulf of Mexico


A Trump-branded smartphone due out by September is likely to draw criticism.

Mocked with screenshots, the Trump Organization yanked the coverage map within hours of launching the site, breaking links and generating errors on Tuesday, confirming that "the page could not be found." The Trump Mobile agreement is seemingly no different from other deals for Trump-branded products that raked in more than $8 million for the president last year, including watches, perfumes, a Bible, a memecoin, and a guitar. There may be some issues, however, as 404 Media reported that its attempt to preorder the phone triggered a page load failure and charged its credit card the wrong amount.

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