# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/423 "2022-12-18T14:44:22Z")
I hope Trump gets sued by copyright holders. Actual damages - every cent he made from the sale, plus punitive damages, which could be a great deal higher. Plus an order to take down the images from the blockchain. Then he gets sued by the people who bought the NFTs. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/424 "2022-12-18T14:48:06Z")
On the one hand, they are indeed sold out. [Donald Trump NFT Collection Sells Out, Price Surges](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2022/12/16/trump-nft-collection-sells-out-price-surges/). On the other, the largest owner is the same wallet that collected the 10% resale grift. I mean fee. So - Trump was the largest buyer of Trump NFTs. Admittedly he only bought 1,000 himself, but that’s still way more than the 100 that other buyers were limited to. The really amazing thing is that 115 people bought the 45 cards required for a guaranteed ticket to an event that doesn’t exist yet. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/425 "2022-12-18T15:03:31Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I hope Trump gets sued by copyright holders. Actual damages - every cent he made from the sale, plus punitive damages, which could be a great deal higher. Plus an order to take down the images from the blockchain. > > Then he gets sued by the people who bought the NFTs. Wow, you make it sound like it could all come down like a house of cards! ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/426 "2022-12-18T15:18:13Z")
I want to see the vent diagram of people who buy these things and those who have a case of Billy Beer squirreled away for their retirement. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/427 "2022-12-18T15:18:28Z")
That would be a class action suit, along with a number of others. Get in line. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/428 "2022-12-18T15:23:58Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > That would be a class action suit, along with a number of others. > > Get in line. - _Behind_ the lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/429 "2022-12-18T15:46:49Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > …want to see the vent diagram… Nitpick: Venn diagram. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/430 "2022-12-18T16:14:40Z")
Melania, too. They both make the same unappealing facial expression with their lips slightly pursed. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/431 "2022-12-18T16:23:50Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > On the other, the largest owner is the same wallet that collected the 10% resale grift. I mean fee. So - Trump was the largest buyer of Trump NFTs. Admittedly he only bought 1,000 himself, but that’s still way more than the 100 that other buyers were limited to. This is how the pump n dump scams usually work. Insiders buy the initial offering and pump the price. Then they trade amongst themselves, pumping the price higher. Finally, they dump the inflated stock/item onto the rubes at the highest price possible, and exit with the cash. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/432 "2022-12-18T16:31:40Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Melania, too. They both make the same unappealing facial expression with their lips slightly pursed. Yeah, I think she just is not very happy, especially when she has to appear with Trump. There was some footage of her laughing and smiling with Obama and you could see that someone like Obama is just so much smarter and more charming(and likeable) than her own husband. I mean, it doesn’t take an Obama to be better than Trump as a person, but come on. Here are some of those images: > **[Melania Trump laughs with Barack Obama](https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2018/04/23/melania-trump-laugh-barack-obama)** > > Melania Trump has sparked a Twitter riot by laughing with former president Barack Obama at Barbara Bush's funeral and posing with political rivals. She looks…happy? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/433 "2022-12-18T16:45:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Nitpick: Venn diagram. I don’t know, “vent diagram” kind of works. “Look at the overlap of these two groups! What a bunch of hypocrites!!! RAAAR!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/434 "2022-12-18T16:47:11Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I don’t know, “vent diagram” kind of works. “Look at the overlap of these two groups! What a bunch of hypocrites!!! RAAAR!” We need a Venn diagram showing a comparison of vent meaning “let my emotions out” and vent meaning “duct-work exit”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/435 "2022-12-18T16:50:55Z")
From the article: > Almost immediately, online jokes began about how Mrs Trump appeared to be having a good time away from her husband, despite being at a funeral. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/436 "2022-12-18T16:54:34Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Ouch Hey, it’s true. She lit up with Bush, Bush, Obama, and Clinton in a way we’d never seen with Trump. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/437 "2022-12-18T16:57:20Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Surprising nobody, it seems possible if not likely that the images of the at least some of the clothing are stol… borrowed without asking permission. If I was that kind of lawyer I’d do some image scraping myself, track down the companies affected, and propose a class-action suit. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/438 "2022-12-18T17:15:48Z")
FWIW, autocorrect doesn’t like the word venn (lowercase). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/439 "2022-12-18T18:59:16Z")
Autocorrect is too full of itself for its own good. Sometimes you have to educate autocorrect by adding new words to its dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/440 "2022-12-18T21:16:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > I don’t know, “vent diagram” kind of works. “Look at the overlap of these two groups! What a bunch of hypocrites!!! RAAAR!” > > We need a Venn diagram showing a comparison of vent meaning “let my emotions out” and vent meaning “duct-work exit”. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > FWIW, autocorrect doesn’t like the word venn (lowercase). I think we need a vent / Venn diagram of words spelled correctly, words re-spelled by spellcheck to be correct, and words misunderstood by spell-check and changed to nonsense. I know I’d like to vent on the last of those 3 cases. Considering that the poultry business uses “vent” as a euphemism for where the intestines exit the body, venting all over lousy spellcheck, and especially lousy auto-spellcheck would suit me fine. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/441 "2022-12-18T21:22:42Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > the poultry business uses “vent” as a euphemism for where the intestines exit the body AKA the chicken nugget meat! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/442 "2022-12-18T21:31:50Z")
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