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Fox News
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
What Trump told faith leaders after slamming AT&T's tech issues that nearly prevented massive call
President Donald Trump celebrated his administration's work curbing anti-Christian bias while rallying support for the passage of the "big, beautiful bill" as the "most pro-family legislation" in recent history during a massive phone call with faith leaders that was nearly postponed due to tech issues, Fox News Digital learned. "When we pass the 'one big, beautiful bill,' we'll also have a tremendous victory for school choice," Trump said on the Monday phone call, according to comments shared with Fox News Digital. "This bill is the most pro-family legislation in modern times. … It also expands the Child Tax Credit and creates brand new 'Trump Accounts' for every newborn child helping them to get a stronger life, which is what they need. Everyone should let their congregations and members of Congress know that they support the 'one big, beautiful bill.'" Trump spoke with more than 10,000 faith leaders during his first Faith Office National Conference call of his second term. Faiths stretching from Christianity, Judaism and Islam were represented on the call, which was also joined by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, faith director of the White House Faith Office Jenny Korn and advisor to the White House Faith Office Paula White, Fox News Digital learned. The call nearly didn't happen and was on the verge of being postponed, according to Trump's Truth Social post Monday afternoon that railed against phone company AT&T for being "unable to make their equipment work properly." "I'm doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly," Trump wrote in his first message. "This is the second time it's happened. If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved — It would be good. There are tens of thousands of people on the line!" "I apologize for the long wait on the Faith Leaders Conference Call. AT&T ought to get its act together," he added in another post before the call carried on. "Please pass along the word to the tens of thousands of people who are there. We may have to reschedule the call, but we'll use another carrier the next time. AT&T obviously doesn't know what they're doing!" "We've reached out to the White House and are working to quickly understand and assess the situation," AT&T said on X Monday in response to Leavitt sharing Trump's Truth Social post. "Following up — Our initial analysis indicates the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call platform, not our network," the company added in another X post. "Unfortunately, this caused the delay, and we are working diligently to better understand the issue so we can prevent disruptions in the future." Trump celebrated his administration's wins protecting religious liberty, according to comments obtained by Fox News Digital of the call that included no members of the media. "Together, we're fighting to defend religious liberty like no administration is ever done before," Trump told the thousands of faith leaders. "Starting on day one when I stopped the radical war on Christians. I pardoned the pro-life activist thrown in jail for praying in peaceful protest, and there were many of them." "We reinstated the service members thrown out of our military over religious objections to the Biden vaccine mandates and restoring them to their former rank with full… backpay and penalties," Trump continued before also touting that he set up a "DOJ task-force to eradicate anti-Christian bias — who would ever think — but that's happening also, and it has happened, and nobody ever talks about that." Trump's address followed the U.S. military's surprise attacks on Iran on June 22 that destroyed a trio of nuclear facilities in the country. Dubbed "Midnight Hammer," the operation followed Israel launching preemptive strikes on Iran on June 12 after months of attempted and stalled nuclear negotiations, and subsequent heightened concern that Iran was advancing its nuclear program. Trump celebrated to the faith leaders that the U.S. successfully ended the "12 Day War" between Israel and Iran with the strikes. "As we restore prosperity for American families at home, we're also bringing peace and stability back to our world. Earlier this month we carried our historic strikes… against Iran's nuclear program, and we ended the 12 Day War," Trump said. "I also stopped the conflict between Indian and Pakistan. On Friday, we signed a historic peace agreement to end the terrible conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo," he added.
Tahawul Tech
02-07-2025
- Business
- Tahawul Tech
Trump starts feud with tecom provider AT&T
US President Donald Trump has called out American telecommunications company AT&T for problems he encountered during a conference call, although the operator insisted the issue was not caused by its network. President Trump took to his Truth Social platform to state: 'I'm doing a major conference call with faith leaders from all over the country and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly.' He then called on AT&T's boss, 'whoever that may be', to get involved, stating it was the second time it had happened. President Trump did not elaborate on what exactly the issue was. The president concluded by stating it would have to reschedule the call, 'but we'll use another carrier next time'. Responding on X, AT&T said it contacted the White House and then conducted an initial analysis to find 'the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call platform, not our network'. The operator added it is 'working diligently to better understand the issue so we can prevent disruptions in the future'. Source: Mobile World Live Image Credit: ATT
Phone Arena
01-07-2025
- Business
- Phone Arena
AT&T gets on Trump's bad side because of a failed call
Being the POTUS comes with great power (and great responsibility, but that's a distant second) and almost anything is doable. But even the President – just like you and me – can't avoid the unavoidable: when a telco goes down, you just sit it out. Those who have gone through a bad phone service experience – a.k.a. everyone with a phone – can relate, and even more so: AT&T users. That's the telco which got on Trump's bad side at the start of the week. Image source – Truth Social Naturally, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to criticize AT&T , the country's third-largest wireless carrier, expressing frustration with the technical issues during a scheduled conference call with Faith Leaders. Trump claimed AT&T 's equipment failed to function properly and urged the company to "get its act together", stating that the service disruption forced him to consider using another carrier in the future. In his posts, Trump even called on AT&T 's leadership to intervene directly, even though he did not mention CEO John Stankey by name. Spoiler alert: I don't think the CEO and the IT guy (who could, in theory, fix whatever problem is present) are the same guy. It's like believing a politician could solve a country's problems – yes, it's important for the leader to come up with a strategy or a solution, but that's about it: things get done by other after the messages were made public, AT&T responded on X but did not provide specific details about the reported outage. AT&T claims it's not its fault, although in an extremely polite tone. The former president's comments caused AT&T 's stock to temporarily dip amid heightened trading activity, though it eventually recovered. Image source – X These remarks come on the heels of an announcement from the Trump Organization, which recently licensed the Trump brand to a new wireless service provider called Trump Mobile. The venture includes a promised $499 smartphone and could offer coverage through all three major wireless networks. When Trump's own phone service launches, I'd be happy to see a live demo of him trying to do the same and schedule a major conference call. If everything goes great, it'll be the best ad ever and undoubtedly, many will consider switching carriers. Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer
The Verge
30-06-2025
- Business
- The Verge
AT&T says ‘our network' wasn't to blame for Trump's troubled conference call
AT&T believes its network wasn't at fault for a conference call where President Donald Trump accused the company of being 'totally unable to make their equipment work properly.' Instead, AT&T is blaming an unnamed 'conference call platform.' Earlier on Monday, President Donald Trump complained on Truth Social about apparent issues with AT&T's network during a 'major conference call with faith leaders from all over the country' that had 'tens of thousands of people on the line.' Trump said that 'this is the second time it's happened' and that if 'the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be' would get involved, 'it would be good.' It appears AT&T initially wasn't sure what was going on, as it replied to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on X to say that it had reached out to the White House 'to quickly understand and assess the situation.' At 6:53PM ET, the company said that 'our initial analysis indicates the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call platform, not our network. Unfortunately, this caused the delay, and we are working diligently to better understand the issue so we can prevent disruptions in the future.' AT&T didn't say which conference call platform it believes is at fault, and didn't immediately respond to The Verge's question about that. The White House didn't immediately reply to a request for comment. Shortly after his original post, Trump followed up to say that the call may be rescheduled and that 'we'll use another carrier next time.'
Gizmodo
30-06-2025
- Business
- Gizmodo
Trump Whines About AT&T Conference Call Glitches: ‘Totally Unable to Make Their Equipment Work Properly'
Donald Trump is upset with his phone company. And whether he's complaining about issues big or small, you know the president is going to whine about it online. 'I'm doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly,' Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday afternoon. 'This is the second time it's happened. If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved—It would be good. There are tens of thousands of people on the line!' John Stankey is the CEO of AT&T and he was just elected as chairman of the board this past February. It's not clear if Trump doesn't actually know Stankey or if he's being sarcastic in his typically obnoxious way. But Trump didn't stop there. The president followed up with a second post, apologizing to the faith leaders on his conference call and vowing to use a different company next time. 'I apologize for the long wait on the Faith Leaders Conference Call,' Trump wrote. 'AT&T ought to get its act together. Please pass along the word to the tens of thousands of people who are there. We may have to reschedule the call, but we'll use another carrier the next time. AT&T obviously doesn't know what they're doing!' Trump has a long history of complaining about things in a manner that would've previously been seen as childish or unethical coming from the office of the president. Obviously the most powerful person in the country can influence business decisions and markets, though most Americans have become numb to Trump's wild mood swings and the way he breaks norms like a wrecking ball. Business leaders do take note of Trump's power to hurt their companies, however, as we've seen companies provide payouts to stay in the fascist's good graces. AT&T, like many other companies, contributed $1 million to Trump's inauguration committee, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trump has previously complained about AT&T, like in his first term when the company owned CNN back in 2020. The cable news network is a frequent target of Trump's online attacks, writing just two days ago that CNN host Abby Phillip was '3rd rate' and had 'no idea what she is talking about.' AT&T's share price is up 1.8% on the day to $28.60. The company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. Gizmodo will update this post if we hear back.
