The Trumps really are launching a smartphone. But many of their promises about the American-made T1 phone are impossible.

Imagine a world where sending a message doesn't require an internet connection, mobile data, or even a SIM card. Now ...

The Trump Mobile T1 Phone 8002 (gold edition) costs $499, has a solid set of specs, and seems utterly unlikely to exist. It’s supposedly made in the USA, cheap, and coming this fall. I doubt it all.