T-Mobile is among the corporations supporting a new $300 million ballroom that will replace the East Wing of the White House, according to a list provided by the Trump administration. The donation amount was not disclosed.
company
T-Mobile US
Third-largest wireless carrier in the US. Merged with Sprint in 2020. Subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.
Track Record
reactive
T-Mobile ended all DEI policies 'not just in name, but in substance' in July 2025, while seeking FCC approval for $4.4B US Cellular acquisition. The company eliminated DEI roles/teams, removed DEI references from websites and training materials, and dissolved diversity councils. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez called it a 'cowardly capitulation' and 'cynical bid to win FCC regulatory approval.'
Despite CEO John Legere's promise that the Sprint merger would be 'jobs-positive from Day One,' T-Mobile conducted mass layoffs. In 2020, thousands of Sprint employees were laid off including nearly 400 in one call. In 2023, another 5,000 jobs (7% of workforce) were eliminated. Three years after the merger, T-Mobile employed 9,000 fewer people than the combined pre-merger workforce.
negligent $350.0M
T-Mobile has experienced repeated data breaches (2009, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024). The 2021 breach exposed 40+ million customers' SSNs, leading to a $350M settlement. In 2024, the FCC imposed a $31.5M fine. In November 2024, T-Mobile was targeted by Chinese hacker group 'Salt Typhoon' infiltrating US telecom networks.