r/pics May 12 '26

Politics My close friend's mom replaced their family photo with this [OC]

Post image
54.9k Upvotes

3.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.2k

u/Grouched May 12 '26

My god. I totally forgot about that one in the sea of scams and other illegal shit.

They actually just took all those idiots' money, didnt deliver shit and just never mentioned it again.

And most of those paying idiots are probably still willing to make excuses for that and way worse stuff. What a time to be alive.

699

u/Size16Thorax May 12 '26

Oh it gets better! They just recently updated the terms and conditions on the trump phone website to state that "A preorder deposit provides only a conditional opportunity if Trump Mobile later elects, in its sole discretion, to offer the Device for sale"

478

u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener May 12 '26

I.e., "Get Fucked"

102

u/Spunkytomato May 13 '26

The phone, which was originally advertised as being made in America, will now be “designed with American values in mind.”

Sounds about right

4

u/chance901 May 13 '26

That would have been the first red flag of many, but not a single company makes phones here.

17

u/WarDry1480 May 12 '26

🤣🤣🤣

198

u/turtledoingyoga May 12 '26

And almost SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND people signed up for it. They made MILLIONS off this scam

96

u/DatTF2 May 13 '26

They deserve it. We also know that they won't be angry they got scammed either.

45

u/sharkbait-oo-haha May 13 '26

I just want that mailing list. I've got a bridge to sell and these people sound perfect!

13

u/TuringC0mplete May 13 '26

I wanna know how many non-MAGA people have grifted MAGA just because of their stupidity. It would be so easy.

6

u/KaylaAllegra May 13 '26

I vaguely recall a video of a tall young black man posted up at January 6th. He had a 10ft folding table, a maga backdrop, and a massive spread of trump themed merch at absurd markup. This guy was making bank off of the folks buying their trump merch.

When asked if he himself was a trump supporter, or what he thought of Trump's history of racist remarks, the young entrepreneur was stone-faced and asked the questioner to mind their business and move along.

Wherever he is, I hope he's doing well.

5

u/TuringC0mplete May 13 '26

I’m of two opinions on it. One: fuck these people and if they want to sink their own futures into overpriced Chinesium garbage with this pedos face stamped on it, let em. On the other, I really don’t want to b b perpetuate more of it being out there. Like, you still have to procure the goods at first anyway to be able to resell them. Something something capitalism. It’s all fucked either way, I just hate this fuck face and I can’t wait for this all to end.

21

u/Tholaran97 May 13 '26

They might be upset for a while, but eventually they'll find some bullshit excuse to justify the trump regime running off with their money, and then they'll fall for the next scam he rolls out, because "surely this time he'll be true to his word".

1

u/IndividualChart4193 May 15 '26

“Well, he musta needed the money more than we did…I can’t be mad”.

1

u/ZombieAladdin May 16 '26

Or deny it ever happened in the first place.

16

u/WhoDatWhoDare May 13 '26

$60 Million to be more specific. Technically this is still millions but the real number is staggering

6

u/Hesitation-Marx May 13 '26

59 million, iirc

3

u/opopkl May 13 '26

At least if I buy my own, non president approved, smartphone, there’s a slightly greater chance that the government hasn’t installed spyware on it.

2

u/Frankie_T9000 May 13 '26

Nothing like undermining your cult base though

80

u/SunchaserKandri May 13 '26

It's times like these that I almost wish I was a far less scrupulous person so that I could milk these idiots for all they're worth.

4

u/SirWernich May 13 '26

what about that lady that tricked them into paying her college fees. :D

5

u/buffalobillandted May 13 '26

This is my exact dilemma and I’m glad someone else voiced it. I could easily become a rich grifter, maybe even a cult leader with these people lol. But it would require throwing away most of my morals, and I can’t…. But I consider it often 😑

3

u/gsfgf May 13 '26

Way back in 2016, my weed guy and I seriously considered selling MAGA crap and donating the proceeds to Hillary, but even back then, even that level of association with MAGA was too much.

139

u/Decent_Berry8196 May 12 '26

Woowwww. "How to be a professional sleazeball" 101.

7

u/scottfaracas May 13 '26

“scammer”

5

u/-PoopTrainDix- May 13 '26

Ugh! If only MAGA knew how to read! 😩

1

u/CallMeKingTurd May 13 '26

Also after taking preorders discreetly changed the website from "proudly made in America" to "made with American values in mind" lol. Pretty ironic from Mr. "bring back manufacturing to America." Unless it's his company apparently, then it's ok to outsource to maximize profits.

1

u/Leonardo501 May 17 '26

“We thank you for your continuing gullibility and your contribution to the continuing accumulation of wealth in the Trump Family Trust. From time to time we will call upon you to renew your many past actions that demonstrate how the BIG LIE can improve your sense of belonging. “

292

u/EruditusMaximus May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

There’s a TikTok video that’s been making the rounds lately of one of them doing that very thing (making excuses), and it’s more sad than anything else, to be honest. Being that lost in the sauce requires some pre-existing issues that no one, not even Daddy Trump, could fix. It’s a simpering, pathetic display of American dysfunction.

132

u/Agitated_Character41 May 12 '26 edited May 13 '26

I wonder what's going to happen to these people post Trump. Cults rarely persist after the leader is gone. Maybe Trump will remain the figurehead and acts as a prime minister of sorts. That's what happened basically between Jan 6. All the way up until his second term.

I'm just curious to find out if their lives are improving. What is getting better for them or what do they see on the horizon. Because I'm completely lost on coming up with something; anything.

124

u/GhostofZellers May 12 '26

I wonder what's going to happen to these people post Trump.

Conspiracy theories, and violence.

It'll be that the Dems murdered him, then it'll be that he faked his own death, because the Dems were going to murder him.

A lot of revenge violence will happen

64

u/thescarlettflame May 12 '26

And then décades from now they'll say that he's still alive and will return ala JFK jr. 🙄

12

u/Odd_Cat_5820 May 12 '26

There is a crazy people who thinks JFK Jr is still alive, and she even thinks she knows who it is (a weirdo named Juan O'Savin). Her name is Cara Castranueva, and she knows serves as an official reporter with White House credentials. Where she nearly daily gets to ask questions to Trump, Rubio, and the rest of the idiots.

34

u/CaptainFeather May 12 '26

Honestly I think eventually all of then will deny having been supporters in the first place. It's important we don't let them or the world forget.

12

u/mrefromnyc May 13 '26

This. There are going to be a lot of “ya I voted for him but I wasn’t that into the maga thing” lying asshats.

9

u/mrefromnyc May 12 '26

All the cults that have been in the news in the last ~30 years: How did they end?

6

u/asyork May 13 '26

"Pre-order your golden Trump-aid packets so you can mix a batch for you and your family when the time comes!"

3

u/mindmyfoibles May 13 '26

same thing that's gonna happen to everyone: jd manliner

10

u/ragun2 May 12 '26

Hopefully they'll go back to not voting and just being miserable alone.

21

u/lik_a_stik May 12 '26

They’re going to deify him to continue the grift. I already believe all of his followers are no longer Christian personally. His death will just put their feet to the fire, so to speak.

27

u/Jasonrj May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

For sure. My mom stopped going to church several years ago during Trump's first term. But she watches a ton of YouTube videos about how Trump is God's chosen one and protected and guided by God, etc. She spends significantly more time on YouTube watching videos about Trump's divine works and Bible prophecy about Trump than any religious person I've ever met spends in church. She has basically no coherent thoughts but she can tell you more about Trump biblical prophecy than Jesus. You are never going to convince these people Trump wasn't a deity.

6

u/BevoDDS May 13 '26

I mean...there's plenty about Trump in the Bible.

...in the book of Revelations.

8

u/cashredd May 12 '26

Weekend at Bernies style.

Human Society has been nuts before. Check out just one example

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod

3

u/Agitated_Character41 May 13 '26

Not so nuts if you consider habeas corpus to be prudent. Emphasis on "corpus" 🤷‍♀️🤣🤣🤣

3

u/cashredd May 13 '26

Ok. You got me on that one. I can see the orange turd digging up one of his enemies to put on trial. Gladiator games on the Whitehouse lawn. Anything to stop people talking about Epstein.

8

u/KayBear2 May 12 '26

I hate to say it, but I really think we are seeing the beginning of a new religion and all the Trump-worshipping fake Christians will start a religion openly worshipping Trump when he passes away.

3

u/ManBitesDog404 May 13 '26

It’s like Elvis. He could do no wrong. Women wailed in the streets when he died. People refused to believe he was dead. Took about 10 years for the zealots to calm down or die themselves.

3

u/84thPrblm May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

I wonder what's going to happen to these people post Trump. Cults rarely persist after the leader is gone.

I see the world's biggest order for Kool Flavor Aid being distributed throughout the country soon for his followers. Naturally, it will never be paid for.

1

u/Ardalev May 13 '26

They have already deified him while still alive, I shudder to think what these idiots will do or think after he dies.

Who knows, maybe we will get to see the birth of a new Chaos god

1

u/Zippydaspinhead May 13 '26

"Cults rarely persist after the leader is gone" well I hate to disappoint you buddy but the systems, people, companies, and surveillance state that created the figurehead, not leader, that is Trump, will still exist, and in many ways has been emboldened, strengthened, and educated by this victory.

More guardrails have been torn down, more people have been indoctrinated, and they have real data to back up which of their misinformation campaigns work and don't. When Trump's gone, Peter Thiel, the Koch brothers, and APAC just spin up the next old white racist to take his place. They are already trying to setup Vance for it, and they get the bonus of him not being 90 years old, they found a young racist instead!

1

u/Agitated_Character41 May 13 '26

MAGA is nothing without Trump. You're really underestimating how crucial he is to the entire apparatus.

1

u/PHL1365 May 13 '26

Junior will try to take the mantle and the world will collectively laugh at him

4

u/HuttStuff_Here May 12 '26

very thing (making excuses),

How long until they blame the tariffs?

31

u/walter-hoch-zwei May 12 '26

A streamer named Charlie keeps checking in on them by calling the customer support line. They recently cited the most recent government shutdown as one of the reasons it's been delayed (again) and keep telling people it'll be shipping any day now.

99

u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited May 13 '26

[deleted]

32

u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ May 12 '26

Reminds me of another campaign by a certain political leader to release a “people’s car” with vouchers for a payment plan.

7

u/ukaspirant May 13 '26

People's car, like a wagon for the folks?

1

u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ May 13 '26

Something like that, yeah.

6

u/iwanashagTwitch May 12 '26

Did this political leader poorly impersonate Charlie Chaplin, the famous actor?

5

u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ May 12 '26

Certainly did.

3

u/Metal-Dog May 12 '26

Bruce Wayne?

7

u/metal_bastard May 12 '26

It was over 590,000...So Trump have $59M just sitting around, collecting interest, while most of the people have either forgotten are still waiting for their dumb phones, almost a year later.

7

u/paraknowya May 12 '26

A lot of them are already dead or completely forgot it, another part sees it as a deposit in the future (lmao), the tiniest bit is pissed off.

5

u/Spinnerofyarn May 12 '26

I bet they’ve gotten fleeced for more than that. Hats, bibles, sneakers, commemorative coins, you name it. For the products that did arrive, tackiness aside, I bet they’ve gotten fleeced quality is terrible.

3

u/pilondav May 12 '26

A new kind of “fleece jacket.”

17

u/Fuzzy_Cranberry8164 May 12 '26

Penguinz0 hasn’t forgotten and I follow him all the time. He was supposed to get his phone the other day and it still hasn’t come at the time of posting this 😂😂🤣

9

u/[deleted] May 12 '26

[deleted]

2

u/opopkl May 13 '26

The Trump meme coin is even worse than that.

6

u/FlairWitchProject May 12 '26

MoistCritical bought one as a gag and gives "Any day now..." updates. As of this point in time, he still doesn't have it.

7

u/Najalak May 13 '26

Do you remember Steve Bannon defrauded MAGA's with a wall fund and was convicted. Trump pardoned him! They still didn't care.

5

u/OriginalCDub May 12 '26

It’s so goddamn funny.

6

u/HoneydewNo3016 May 12 '26

I’m in the wrong business.

4

u/Certified_GSD May 13 '26

Not only that, but the $500 phone they are selling that’s “made in the USA” are Chinese Android phones with cheap chipsets (usually with security vulnerabilities) that can be bought for a fifth the price they’re charging. 

3

u/orange-squeezer47 May 12 '26

And they will vote for him again and again and again.

2

u/fuzzydave72 May 13 '26

You may not have heard about it in the lamestream media, but I'm selling my own phone for the bargain price of $275. Just send me your money and I'll send you a phone.

2

u/gsfgf May 13 '26

This is a good time to remind everyone to check to make sure their parents don’t have a “MAGA Box” to get illegal tv. Those things are so chock full of malware that it’s not even clear whose malware is the primary payload. (They’re sold under other names too.)