Politics

The Secret History of Trump’s Private Cellphone

“Who’s calling?” the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn’t know.

First published in The Atlantic on June 2, 2025

by Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, The Atlantic

June 5, 2025 | reading time: 12 Min.

Just before Election Day, a disturbing piece of information made its way to Donald Trump. Whenever he takes or makes calls on his personal cellphone, Trump learned, Chinese hackers could be listening and gathering intelligence.