Trump Mobile is just Liberty Mobile in gold foil
Dominic Preston
created: Feb. 20, 2026, 6:17 p.m. | updated: Feb. 20, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
“Liberty Mobile is umbilically connected to Trump [Mobile],” Don Hendrickson tells me.
The Trump Mobile terms of use say that it is “powered by Liberty Mobile Wireless LLC,” but that appears to be underselling the relationship.
Liberty Mobile is not to be confused with the separate, and now defunct, MVNO Liberty Wireless; the telecoms infrastructure group Liberty Global; or the various Liberty carriers that operate under the Liberty Latin America group.
I reported last week that Liberty Mobile previously ran Canelo Mobile, an MVNO co-branded between Liberty Mobile and the Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez, and marketed specifically toward Mexican Americans.
Like so many elements of Trump Mobile, digging into Liberty Mobile brings up more questions than answers.
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