# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/41 "2022-12-15T01:02:42Z")
There’s one possibility I shudder to think about- he’ll produce a self-pardon that was notarized before he left office. ---
**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, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/42 "2022-12-15T01:09:02Z")
I hope he doesn’t pull a Budd Dwyer. He can’t get off that easy. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/43 "2022-12-15T01:12:56Z")
No chance. He’d see that as being a “loser”. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/44 "2022-12-15T01:25:24Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > he’ll produce a self-pardon that was notarized before he left office. Sure, and I can write a pardon on a napkin for myself. It’ll be just as meaningful. You can’t write a pardon before you commit the crime. He could have potentially pardoned himself for Jan 6 (which is debatable, [many](https://www.theusconstitution.org/blog/the-case-against-a-presidential-self-pardon/) [legal](https://www.npr.org/2021/01/09/955087860/can-trump-pardon-himself) [scholars](https://www.harvard-jlpp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/06/Larkin-The-Legality-of-Presidential-Self-Pardons.pdf) don’t think POTUS can self-pardon) but no pardon can be written for **anyone** preemptively. And the document espionage happened after he was no longer POTUS. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/45 "2022-12-15T01:40:48Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Worse idea - he’s announcing that he would like to be considered for Speaker of the House. He’s been working on convincing the few ultra far right Republicans in the House to support McCarthy for speaker. I’m betting it has something to do with that. He’s going to announce he supports McCarthy to put pressure on Andy Biggs and the few other holdouts. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/46 "2022-12-15T02:24:48Z")
The NYT is apparently ignoring this news. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/47 "2022-12-15T02:59:12Z")
The news that there might be news tomorrow? Seems ignorable enough to me. Reminds me of ~~Wimpy~~ Twumpy wanting a hamberder today that he promises he’ll pay for next Tuesday. Again. ---
**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, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/48 "2022-12-15T03:03:34Z")
I read not too long ago that he hasn’t left Florida (and maybe Mar-a-Lago) since announcing his candidacy. Is this still true? If so, I speculate that’s related to this announcement tomorrow, as in maybe he’s dropping his campaign for health reasons or something like that. ---
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/49 "2022-12-15T03:06:52Z")
It’s traditional to retire so as to spend more time with the family. As much as I detest the whole lot of them, I wouldn’t wish full-time shitgibbon on anyone. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/50 "2022-12-15T03:15:47Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > If so, I speculate that’s related to this announcement tomorrow, as in maybe he’s dropping his campaign for health reasons or something like that. Nah. That’s loser talk. He’s Superman. He doesn’t have health reasons. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/51 "2022-12-15T03:22:43Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I hope he doesn’t pull a Budd Dwyer. He should not settle for that. He should try to out-do that. Bigger, louder… messier. ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/52 "2022-12-15T04:30:09Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Look! Down in the swamp! It’s a turd! It’s a stain! It’s Orangeman!! 👏🏽 Bravo! 👏🏽 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/53 "2022-12-15T04:44:14Z")
Those investigators he sent to Hawaii ten years ago finally called him back? ---
**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 15, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/54 "2022-12-15T05:35:21Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > > Look! Down in the swamp! It’s a turd! It’s a stain! It’s Orangeman!! > > 👏🏽 Bravo! 👏🏽 You know, I wanted to see where that quote came from so I Googled it. And I found Steve posting it on other web sites over the past couple of years. 🤣 Yes, well done. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/55 "2022-12-15T08:58:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@dtilque](#): > > > > If so, I speculate that’s related to this announcement tomorrow, as in maybe he’s dropping his campaign for health reasons or something like that. > > Nah. That’s loser talk. He’s Superman. He doesn’t have health reasons. How eerily close you are [to reality](https://www.thewrap.com/trump-superman-shirt-hospital/). ---
**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, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/56 "2022-12-15T09:56:33Z")
Just _hoping_ he throws his hat in the Speaker ring. The GOP House looks to be a complete shitshow with Kevin McCarthy at the helm, with Trump running the show, it will be an utter, and very, very, public, disaster. 3rd party is good too. In the end, it will be something lame and forgotten by Sunday. If it takes that long. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/57 "2022-12-15T09:57:49Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > What makes you think Trump will use his own money to buy Twitter? More likely Twitter is buying the cash-strapped TruthSocial in an effort to drag more rubes and advertisers onto Twitter and complete the transition to the new FreeRepublic. Donald will get to be Extremely Executive Director In Charge of Awesomeness and Also Extra Scoops of Ice Cream. ---
**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, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/58 "2022-12-15T10:00:22Z")
Would love it if prosecute had to sell $3.6 billion of Tesla so he could buy Twuth Swocial. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/59 "2022-12-15T10:48:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Would love it if prosecute had to sell $3.6 billion of Tesla so he could buy Twuth Swocial It’s “so _prosecute_ could buy Twuth Swocial”. Respect faucis pronouns, consarnit! ---
**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, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/60 "2022-12-15T10:59:54Z")
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