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The golden Trump Phone is almost certainly not made in the US
Beyond the immediate question of "why do this at all," the T1 invites a question that's perhaps easier to interrogate: How can any modern smartphone claim to be made in the US?
Over the last 40 years America has led a massive globalization effort that allows companies to pick and choose where they develop and build hardware that finds its way back to the US. The Trump brothers have chosen their words like lawyers are watching, likely because the Made in America claim they’re making isn't just marketing, it's enforceable by the Federal Trade Commission. While it’s certainly theoretically possible the Trump brothers could take all the wealth they’ve been amassing since their father reentered the Oval Office to brute force a more American phone, it isn’t happening any time soon.
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