President Donald Trump blamed AT&T for faulty service on Monday after he experienced technical difficulties trying to connect on a conference call with faith leaders.
On Truth Social, the president summoned the “Boss” of AT&T to “get involved” in the issue after claiming the telecommunications company was “unable to make their equipment work properly,” which delayed the Faith Leaders Conference Call.
“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. “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!”
Minutes later, Trump took to his social media platform again to apologize to those participating in the conference call for the delay, which he attributed to AT&T.
“AT&T ought to get its act together,” Trump wrote, claiming the call may have to be rescheduled because “AT&T obviously doesn’t know what they’re doing.”
After White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted Trump’s message on X, AT&T responded, saying they had reached out to the president to understand more about the situation.
“We've reached out to the White House and are working to quickly understand and assess the situation,” AT&T wrote on X.
John Stankey, the CEO of AT&T, did not immediately publicly respond to Trump’s inquiry and it is unclear if he specifically contacted the president over the issue.
AT&T is one of the biggest telecommunications companies in the U.S., serving over 100 million people in the country.
Earlier this month, the Trump Organization licensed its branding to launch Trump Mobile, a mobile service that sells a $499 gold smartphone. The announcement was made by Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
