“Trump Mobile began accepting $100 deposits from consumers as early as August 2025 but has failed to deliver any T1 phones to consumers… Instead, Trump Mobile has consistently pushed back its delivery date, originally promising August 2025 and subsequently postponing to November and then the beginning of December. As of January 2026, no phone has been delivered,” the letter said.

Trump Mobile customer service reps “provided contradictory and irrelevant explanations for delays, including blaming a government shutdown that had no apparent connection to the product’s manufacturing or delivery,” the letter continued. With the Trump phone still missing in action, “Trump Mobile has been selling refurbished iPhones, which are largely manufactured in China, and Samsung devices, which are manufactured by a Korean company, while claiming these products are ‘brought to life right here in the USA.’”

Trump phone coming in Q1, allegedly

After Trump Mobile failed to deliver the phone in 2025, USA Today asked for a new projected delivery date. “A Trump Mobile customer service representative told USA Today that the phone is to be released ‘the first quarter of this year’ and that it is completing the final stages of regulatory testing for the cellular device,” USA Today reported on Tuesday.

The Warren letter said Trump Mobile’s made-in-the-USA claims “are potentially misleading characterizations for devices that are manufactured overseas,” and that failing to meet promised delivery dates after collecting $100 deposits may be “a deceptive or unfair business practice.” The letter urged Ferguson to have the FTC carry out “its statutory obligation to enforce consumer protection laws.”

The letter pointed out that the FTC has previously acted against companies that acted similarly to Trump Mobile. “The FTC is responsible for ensuring that companies like Trump Mobile do not make false or misleading claims when marketing products… The FTC has previously taken action against companies for false ‘Made in the USA’ claims, misleading representations about product features and origins, bait-and-switch tactics involving deposits for products never delivered, and failure to honor promised delivery dates,” the letter said.

The letter asked Ferguson to state whether the FTC has opened an investigation into Trump Mobile and, if not, to “explain the legal and factual basis for declining to investigate these apparent violations.”