# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/463 "2022-12-19T23:19:02Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > “Each star name is permanently recorded in our book _Your Place in Donald Trump’s Galaxy_. The book is registered with the US Copyright Office and a copy of the book is stored in a … mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnalls front porch since noon today." ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/464 "2022-12-19T23:21:11Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > As these are not public securities, there is no reporting or oversight into insider trading, trade volumes or… well anything really. No oversight at all. > > Just a scam, pure and simple. Snake oil. Grifting the rubes. First, I don’t disagree that it’s a scam or that Trump is grifting the rubes. But I can tell you, using publicly available information at this second, that 10 cards were bought and sold in the last 15 minutes and that the last card sold was Trump in a hunting outfit, black dog at his side, in front of a background based on the Hollywood sign that says TrumpWorld. That card sold for .65 ETH or 764.17. It was card #38411 in the series of 45000. It was sold by user name 76CC06 name and bought by user name icpsmaug. 76CC06 owns 15 NFT’s in this wallet, 3 of those are Trump cards. ispsmaug owns 26 NFT’s in this wallet, all of them Trump cards. There is a wealth of information on the blockchain. Granted, critical information, such as who actually owns each wallet, are not publicly available, and none of this changes my opinion that cryptocurrency or NFT’s in general and Trump cards in particular, are a scam because there is no underlying value to the product and the price manipulation is crazy, but it’s just not true that there is no data on trade volumes and pricing, etc. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/465 "2022-12-19T23:36:03Z")
I honestly don’t understand NFT’s. Sure I have value in my retirement accounts, and can’t hold the money. But they are held to some accountability. But really? A picture of a moron pretending to be some sort or hero? This is why democracy is in deep, deep trouble. ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/466 "2022-12-19T23:45:02Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Worth it. Who is that playing Trump? He did a great job. “It looks like a scam…and in many ways it is…” ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/467 "2022-12-19T23:48:58Z")
[James Austin Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Austin_Johnson), a member of the SNL cast. ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/468 "2022-12-19T23:54:33Z")
Thanks, he really gets how to do it. Very accurate for an impression. Not all presidents are well suited to being impersonated. Despite Dana Carvey’s fame for it, Bush Sr. was not a very interesting person to immiatate. W. Bush was best done by Frank Caliendo Obama was…maybe best on the Key and Peele show? Obama is so distinct, I’m surprised there are not more of him. Trump - I think right now I’d give it to this SNL performance. Biden? I have barely heard any at all. Maybe I just don’t see the right things, but has anyone really nailed a Biden as president impersonation? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/469 "2022-12-20T00:02:32Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Despite Dana Carvey’s fame for it, Bush Sr. was not a very interesting person to immiatate. I always thought his Ross Perot was much more fun and accurate. He had to invent mannerisms for Bush. Developing that caricature was like carving a block of wood. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Biden? I have barely heard any at all. Maybe I just don’t see the right things, but has anyone really nailed a Biden as president impersonation? I’m not sure if he “nailed it” but the Jim Carrey impressions are at least very entertaining. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wsije1KetVw/maxresdefault.jpg "First Debate Cold Open - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsije1KetVw) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/470 "2022-12-20T00:02:36Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > There is a wealth of information on the blockchain. Granted, critical information, such as who actually owns each wallet, are not publicly available, and none of this changes my opinion that cryptocurrency or NFT’s in general and Trump cards in particular, are a scam because there is no underlying value to the product and the price manipulation is crazy, but it’s just not true that there is no data on trade volumes and pricing, etc. In fairness to Euphonious Polemic, he did say _no oversight into insider trading_. This is broadly true for crypto, since the real-world identities of buyers, sellers, and holders are only as public to the extent that the involved parties wish to be public. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/471 "2022-12-20T00:05:10Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > This is broadly true for crypto, since the real-world identities of buyers, sellers, and holders are only as public to the extent that the involved parties wish to be public. Or accidentally reveal themselves. I’ve followed some of the people who investigate crypto scams (my favorite is Coffeezilla but he’s not the only one), and some people will put their crypto wallet ID in a tweet or on Twitch or some other public place without thinking of the ramifications. Or, they’ll say that they bought a particular NFT on this day, and you check the blockchain and see that a particular wallet on this particular day bought that NFT, and now you know who owns that wallet. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/472 "2022-12-20T00:09:12Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > That card sold for .65 ETH or 764.17. Is that second one US dollars? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/473 "2022-12-20T00:09:44Z")
yes, USD. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/474 "2022-12-20T00:10:32Z")
Wow. Jaysus. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/475 "2022-12-20T00:24:52Z")
At some point in the future a South American rat is going to chew the wrong wire at a server farm in the Amazon jungle and every last ETH and Bitcoin and Dogecoin and whatever-else-coin is going to go poof. That’s how it works in my head, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/476 "2022-12-20T01:03:10Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I honestly don’t understand NFT’s. Oh I’m all over it. Sure, greatest Vikings QB, and _SNL_ host, but some people are just a big “NO!” against him, for some reason. > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It was sold by user name 76CC06 name and bought by user name icpsmaug. 76CC06 owns 15 NFT’s in this wallet, 3 of those are **Trump cards**. Possibly the closest the expression may ever venn with the literal (yet quite, _quite_ alternate) reality. (re: bolded) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/477 "2022-12-20T10:56:36Z")
Just a data point in a blog a regularly read about comics, by the Canadian cartoonist Bado: > **[The artist behind Trump's NFT cards](https://bado-badosblog.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-artist-behind-trumps-nft-cards.html#more)** > > From The Daily Cartoonist . The artist who designed NFT digital cards with “amazing ART of Donald Trump’s Life & Career” is Clark Mitchell .... Does anybody know who Clark Mitchel is? The link to his website is disappointing: Home: empty, with links to News, Contact me, Where to find me, Illustration portfolio. News: empty, with links to Home, Contact me, Where to find me. Contact me: empty, with links to Home, News, Where to find me. Where to find me: empty, with links to Home, News, Contact me. Illustration portfolio: Many pictures, often Star Wars themed, or fantasy. And links to Home, News, Contact me and Wheree to find me. Can’t find an imprint, that would be illegal in the EU. Not shouting too loudly, I may be unconcentrated early in the morning. ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/478 "2022-12-20T12:21:05Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Wow. Jaysus. It’s the _find a bigger sucker_ part of a bubble, or the churning stage of pump-and-dump. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/479 "2022-12-20T15:00:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Biden? I have barely heard any at all. Maybe I just don’t see the right things, but has anyone really nailed a Biden as president impersonation? With Biden, you could probably just invite him on the show to do the bit. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/480 "2022-12-20T15:16:12Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > With Biden, you could probably just invite him on the show to do the bit Him being himself is pretty funny, to be honest. He’s in great shape, but I swear he has lot a step compared to 20 years ago, or even 14 years ago when he became VP. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/481 "2022-12-20T15:44:59Z")
> **[Clark Mitchell](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Clark_Mitchell)** > > Clark Mitchell is an artist who created the packaging art for the Hasbro Unleashed figurines as well as the artwork for their Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith toy line. He was also commissioned to create an illustrated piece exclusively for... This is on Wookiepedia. If it is in fact the same guy, then he can definitely do art. That Vader art is great. I’d love to know more about how he got wrapped up in this. True MAGA believer? But then why not do a better job? They offered him money, and a gig is a gig? Except, Trump would never pay anybody. Maybe they stiffed him so he did a bad job. Bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/482 "2022-12-20T15:46:38Z")
Found this too. Again, this can can definitely do art. I find it hard to believe it can be the same guy. [https://www.instagram.com/clarkmitchell\_art/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/clarkmitchell_art/?hl=en) And he did these NFTs. There’s no way this is the same guy. It cannot be. > **[NFT for Celebrities | IMORTA](https://www.imorta.com/)** > > IMORTA is your location to get NFT for Celebrities by the legendary Star Wars artist. [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=23) [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=25)