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CNN anchor Anderson Cooper couldn't keep himself together while reading the mission statement for the Trump family's gold phone.

Cooper was doing a segment about Trump-branded gold merch, including his coin, sneakers, and phone. According to Cooper, the $499 gold-plated phone reportedly started shipping nearly a year after buyers made deposits to receive it.

"While originally marketed as being 'Made in the USA,' they're now being touted as designed with American values in mind," Cooper said, adding "Sorry" for letting a laugh slip before he could finish. "We should just pause and reflect on that claim for a minute: 'Designed with American values in mind.' I don't know what that means. Somebody was thinking about America when they decided to hawk these?"...

An ex-GOP congressman couldn't believe what he heard when learning about the Trump family's gold "Made in USA" phone that's starting to sound like it could be a scam.

"Company executives confirmed the phone would actually be manufactured overseas with only the final assembly of about 10 components happening in Miami," Adam Kinzinger, a former GOP lawmaker and outspoken Trump critic, said in a video he posted on X on Tuesday.

Kinzinger was talking about Eric and Donald Trump Jr.'s venture to sell a gold Trump phone, the T1, which was marketed as made and manufactured in the United States with wireless service from Trump Mobile. The two sons collected an estimated $59 million in deposits from an estimated 590,000 buyers — figures that Trump Mobile executives have refused to confirm. As of this month, not a single confirmed customer has received the device....