When the family Trump He presented a new phone in front of a gigantic American flag a few days ago in its offices, the speech was simple and concise, loaded with patriotism: “Made in the United States“.
Apparently, Trump are reconsidering.
How “proudly American”?
Those are the two words that have replaced the slogan “made in the United States” that only a few days ago appeared on the website where customers can preordine the gold-colored T-1 phones with an American flag recorded in the rear. Other lazy terms are now used in other parts to describe the telephone of $ 499, such as “proudly American design” and “conceived here in the United States.”
The Federal Commerce Commission It requires that the articles labeled as “made in the United States” be produced “completely or virtually completely” in the United States, and several companies have been sued for the improper use of the term.
The Trump organization has not explained the change and has not responded to a request for comments. Nor has an external public relations firm that manages the Trump mobile phone business, including a request to confirm a statement made to another media outlet.
“T1 phones are proudly manufactured in the United States”Said Trump Mobile spokesman Chris Walker, according to USA Today. “Speculation in another sense is simply inaccurate”.
The change of language on the website was reported in the first instance by The Verge news site.
An expert in cell phone technology, the IDC analyst Francisco JeronimoHe said he is not surprised that the Trump family has abandoned the “made in the United States” label because it is almost impossible to manufacture one here given the highest cost and lack of infrastructure to do so.
But, of course, you can say that you do it.
“If possible or not to manufacture this phone in the United States, it depends on what you consider ‘manufacturing,” said Jeronimo. “If it is about assembling components and aiming small volumes, I suppose it is somehow possible. You can always obtain the components of China and assemble them by hand somewhere”.
“You will have phones that are made here in the United States of America,” said Eric Trump, son of the president, Fox News recently. “It’s time for us to bring products back to our great country.”
The Trump family has used the American flag before in Trump brand products of doubtful origin, including its “God Bless The USA” Bibles, which an investigation by The Associated Press showed last year that they were printed in China.
The Trump telephone is part of a plan for a larger mobile phone business designed to take advantage of the enthusiasm for the president among his followers. The two children who run the business, Eric and Don Jr., announced this month that they would offer mobile phone plans for $ 47.45 per month, a reference to the status of their father as the 45th and 47th President of the United States. The Customer Service Center said, it will also be in the United States.
“You are not calling customer service centers in Bangladesh”Said Eric Trump in Fox News. “We are doing it from St. Louis, Missouri.”
The new service has been criticized by government ethics experts for a conflict of interest, since the President supervises the Federal Communications Commission that regulates the business and is investigating the telephone service companies that are now rivals of Trump Mobile.
Trump has also threatened to punish the Apple cell phone manufacturer, now a direct competitor, and impose 25% tariffs on their devices due to its plans to manufacture the majority of its iPhones for sale in the United States in India.
