We finally heard from Trump Mobile… and they immediately ghosted us

After months — months — of emailing various charismatic Trump Mobile accounts and property addresses, past week personification answered back. Don Hendrickson, a personnel of the company’s executive team, yet replied to 1 of my emails and offered to talk, but he’s ignored maine ever since.

Last week I reported connected the unexpected news that Trump Mobile is moving connected a 2nd Trump phone, a much powerful T1 Ultra. That accusation came from an old, ignored question and reply Hendrickson did pinch Wireless Dealer Magazine.

Hendrickson’s sanction isn’t new. He was 1 of 3 executives — alongside Pat O’Brien and Eric Thomas — that Don Jr. and Eric Trump brought connected shape for a mini property convention astatine New York’s Trump Tower successful June 2025 to denote the company. The Trumps claimed location were an impressive, if implausible, “hundreds of years” of mobile manufacture acquisition betwixt the 3 men.

Hendrickson’s stock of that acquisition is the trickiest to pin down. During the motorboat event, he was described arsenic having worked successful the mobile manufacture since the days of pagers, but his existent resume is difficult to find. I tin only find one LinkedIn profile that mightiness beryllium his — a mostly blank listing for a “wireless professional” — and nary different nationalist societal media profiles aliases websites.

As for Hendrickson’s coming activity astatine Trump Mobile, Reuters has reported that he’s Trump Mobile’s caput of mobile operations, while Wireless Dealer Magazine identifies him arsenic the company’s president. In the interview, he himself claims to person had the thought for the company, and to person turned to the Trumps to make it happen.

I did find 1 lead. A directory site lists him arsenic the executive vice president of income astatine Liberty Mobile Wireless. This abruptly makes sense: If you remember, Liberty Mobile is the freedom-centric MVNO that seems to underpin Trump Mobile — the Trump network’s online position of use authorities that it is “powered by Liberty Mobile Wireless LLC.”

This proved my in. That aforesaid directory website lists a Liberty Mobile email address, and truthful I took my chances and sent him a connection asking if he could corroborate the specifications discussed successful his November interview, and possibly adhd much accusation connected plans for the T1 Ultra. If you’ve been pursuing my reporting connected Trump Mobile truthful far, you tin astir apt conjecture that I ne'er expected to perceive backmost (I have, to date, sent the company’s charismatic property statement 12 emails complete 5 months and not received a azygous reply).

Imagine my astonishment when, little than 2 hours later, I had a response:

That was a small complete a week ago, and those stay the only words that anyone officially progressive pinch Trump Mobile has ever said to me. I’ve sent Don 3 emails since — I’m judge breaking astir making love proposal connected really to grip being ghosted — but been ignored each time. I don’t cognize really to feel, having gotten truthful tantalizingly adjacent to a existent speech pinch a existent quality being who mightiness person answers to each of my questions, only to person it each evaporate away.

I don’t cognize if Hendrickson still wants to talk, if he still thinks that it’s clip for Trump Mobile’s sound to beryllium heard. I don’t cognize if Pat O’Brien aliases Eric Thomas stock his feelings — I’ve tried to interaction both, pinch nary replies yet. I don’t cognize why Hendrickson abruptly went quiet, if he sewage spooked aliases was advised to extremity chatting to journalists.

But hey, astatine slightest now I’ve recovered a Trump Mobile reside I tin email each week that I cognize personification is really checking.

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