The Trump phone grift

特朗普电话骗局

Today, Explained

2026-06-24

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President Trump's ongoing efforts to become a mobile mogul and to run a bank suggest Trump grift is alive and well. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Trump Mobile offers both a cellular plan and a smartphone that will provide the same coverage as the three nationwide phone service carriers. Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Today explained from Vox, Sean Ramos from here in Washington DC, where all the attention is on the reflecting pool.

  • Back in May, it was going to be indestructible.

  • If you had a knife, I don't want to give anybody ideas.

  • If you had a knife, you can't even cut it.

  • Yesterday?

  • It's been vandalized.

  • Who would think that somebody would go into a pool and take a knife and start cutting it?

  • People are big mad because it sure looks a lot like the president of the United States

  • gave a buddy of his and another company like $15 million or so of our taxpayer money.

  • To completely bungle a renovation of our national mall just weeks before our nation's 250th birthday.

  • What a waste, what a scam.

  • We're gonna get to that one later in the week,

  • but on the show today, we're gonna talk about two Trumpy scams that are directly enriching the Trump family,

  • all while Daddy Trump is running the country, the Trump phone,

  • which maybe you've heard about, and a Trump bank, which maybe you haven't.

  • We've all been there.

  • You pop into the shop for five minutes and all of a sudden you've forgotten where you parked.

  • Car.

  • Car.

  • Unfortunately, that lost feeling is what it's like trying to manage your policy with other insurers.