# Trump makes major announcement December 15. What is it? {Just digital trading cards of Trump} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [December 14, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531 "2022-12-14T20:28:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/201 "2022-12-15T21:44:47Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > In the end, it will be something lame and forgotten by Sunday. Half right! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/202 "2022-12-15T21:47:17Z")
Two things. One, on behalf of myself and everyone else who put an actual effort into parodying this announcement, I feel robbed. This was even more half-assed than usual for Trump, and we deserved a more developed nothingburger than this! Okay, and this should probably end up going into the schadenfreude thread, but it is just 👨‍🍳 💏 of perfect Trumpian timing. Jump into a NFT / Crypto / Money Mismanagement Scheme right as the whole concept is getting pummeled with lawsuits, investigation and indictments? Only Trump could pull it off with his . . . impeccable comic timing. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/203 "2022-12-15T21:48:03Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > And his avatars depicted on the “cards” are the Y.M.C.A. crew updated for the 21st century. I’m betting that _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ will open with an appropriate Y.M.C.A. parody. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/204 "2022-12-15T21:52:17Z")
For someone who claims to be a high-powered real estate magnate, his _actual_ businesses seem really low-rent. Like Trump Steaks, Trump University or this fiasco. And as a former president, making money should not be difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/205 "2022-12-15T21:53:50Z")
> [@Trump makes major announcement December 15. What is it? {Just digital trading cards of Trump}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531): > > His running mate? There’s only one possible running mate – himself. Or a clone of him. Anything else would not be up to his standards. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/206 "2022-12-15T21:56:19Z")
Ivanka would fit his needs. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/207 "2022-12-15T21:57:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And as a former president, making money should not be difficult. Most former presidents make money by going on the lecture circuit and doing speech-for-pay. Trump can barely string a few simple words into a comprehensible sentence fragment. Who is going to pay him to come and inarticulately ramble about his big beautiful slice of chocolate cake as the keynote to their convention? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/208 "2022-12-15T21:58:48Z")
Well, I would, but mostly to laugh at him. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/209 "2022-12-15T22:06:27Z")
How about a “Spanked with a rolled-up magazine by Stormy Daniels” card? They took them off the market when Stormy’s lawyer started asking awkward questions about her cut of the proceeds, but I managed to score one first. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/210 "2022-12-15T22:12:36Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole1](#): > > I need a word for this feeling that I am experiencing. What would you call being hilariously humiliated on behalf of someone else? This is really…something. I can’t give you an exact word, but the reaction I had was exactly the same as the first time I saw this scene. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6_XSShVAnkY/maxresdefault.jpg "A Crummy Commercial | A Christmas Story | TBS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_XSShVAnkY&t=69) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/211 "2022-12-15T22:13:03Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Did this brown stain actually say he was “better than Lincoln, better than Washington”? Speaking of hubris and lack of self-awareness, yes, he did. Ugh. Here’s part of the video announcement transcript: “Hello, everyone. This is Donald Trump. **Hopefully your favorite President of all time. Better than Lincoln. Better than Washington** , with an important announcement to make. I’m doing my first official Donald J. Trump NFT collection right here and right now. They’re called Trump Digital Trading Cards. These cards feature some of the really incredible artwork pertaining to my life and my career – it’s been very exciting.” “You can collect your Trump Digital Cards just like a baseball card or other collectibles. Here’s one of the best parts, each card comes with an automatic chance to win amazing prizes, like dinner with me.” Complete video: [Donald Trump’s Collect Trump Cards NFT Commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeUH90coXSI) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/212 "2022-12-15T22:26:21Z")
I was thinking that there were 45,000 copies, but I think you are right that there are 45,000 cards each of which can have up to 20 copies. So this ups the potential market cap to reasonable grift levels. The fact that there are so many different cards guarantees that they represent computer randomized subtle variations on a much more limited set of art. I don’t think this is going acrtually make him a bunch of money. Lurking over at the Free Republic I’m not seeing anyone who is actually expressing much interest in buying these. At best they are saying that they wish him well on his newest business enterprise, with the rest saying it makes him look bad, and a significant number saying that it was all a 5-diementional chess ruse to distract from his “real” big announcement which was a [video](https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/122/767/263/playable/66ce6aca18da0760.mp4) (warning link opens directly to video of orange blovator) about his plan to protect “free speech” which involves firing any government employee that identifies misinformation. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/213 "2022-12-15T22:26:28Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > The Institute of Jell-O is standing by. Is that the one in [Le Roy, NY?](https://jellogallery.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/214 "2022-12-15T22:29:35Z")
At long last, sir, have you no sense of embarrassment? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/215 "2022-12-15T22:37:01Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > There’s only one possible running mate – himself. Or a clone of him. Anything else would not be up to his standards. So a Trump MiniMe? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/216 "2022-12-15T22:44:10Z")
It’s the Griftmas gift which keeps on grifting! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/217 "2022-12-15T22:44:13Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Complete video: > [Donald Trump’s Collect Trump Cards NFT Commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeUH90coXSI) The comments on that YouTube video are awesome. I can’t believe they didn’t have the sense to turn them off. My favorite so far is, “Truly, we live in an alternate reality. There is no way this is the primary timeline.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/218 "2022-12-15T22:45:19Z")
This is truly the dorkest timeline. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/219 "2022-12-15T22:53:37Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52565933281_c136803be3_z.jpg "74hiqp") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52565933281/) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/220 "2022-12-15T22:54:25Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I’m going to revisit my fantasy of a Trump/Wakefield theme cruise (that I’m going). -facepalm- (NOT that I’m going) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531.md?page=12)