# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/61 "2022-12-15T11:18:12Z")
“I am announcing my candidacy for the next 10 presidential elections” ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/62 "2022-12-15T11:20:31Z")
“I have already won the next election and declare myself to be President starting now.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/63 "2022-12-15T11:22:31Z")
It’s amazing that the Orange One continues this cheap trick of trying to build anticipation, especially in these current times when, honestly, most people couldn’t care less what he has to say about anything. Most humans, when they have an announcement to make, go ahead and make it. Anyway, my curiosity about this barely registers on the curious-o-meter, because I’m convinced that it will be (a) a nothingburger, and (b) will involve personal enrichment/grift, as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/64 "2022-12-15T11:30:45Z")
It’s out! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fa4d2ugGMCM/hqdefault.jpg "I've just pissed in my pants") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa4d2ugGMCM) ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/65 "2022-12-15T11:34:18Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > this cheap trick I could live comfortably for a few months off what he earns from the rubes who are the target of each cheap trick. IOW, not so cheap. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/66 "2022-12-15T11:41:06Z")
“Cheap trick” in the sense of “tawdry” – i.e.- showy but lacking in quality or merit. Like Trump’s (literally) garbage-infested gilded buildings, or the financial dealings he’s engaged in all his life, so lacking in merit that many of them were outright criminal. ---
**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, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/67 "2022-12-15T13:32:15Z")
I can no longer unsee this, and as a result, I choose violence: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52565500803_de4b8d2792_b.jpg "Trump SuperPlump") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52565500803/) ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/68 "2022-12-15T13:50:11Z")
What was the deadline for appealing the fraud verdict against the Trump organization? It seems like just the kind of nothing event he’d make a big deal out of. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/69 "2022-12-15T13:52:09Z")
“Made ya look!” ---
**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, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/70 "2022-12-15T13:54:14Z")
Sentencing is in early January, @naita. His appeal can come any time, not too sure there _is_ a deadline. Since Superman “comes to save the day”, I’m hoping he wants to meddle in the GOP’s shit, like run for Ronna McDaniel’s job or, as already suggested, House Speaker. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/71 "2022-12-15T13:56:49Z")
See, he is playing the wrong character. He was born to cosplay [Bouncing Boy](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/52fc41cf-b0cd-44fb-b9bd-07e1d6e86b9b/d4be13o-407e899f-c3b9-46df-8168-cf356742ba5a.jpg/v1/fill/w_900,h_1176,q_75,strp/bouncing_boy_by_spawnofsprang_d4be13o-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTE3NiIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzUyZmM0MWNmLWIwY2QtNDRmYi1iOWJkLTA3ZTFkNmU4NmI5YlwvZDRiZTEzby00MDdlODk5Zi1jM2I5LTQ2ZGYtODE2OC1jZjM1Njc0MmJhNWEuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTkwMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.jMNUiDDAMZBkPAWmIbK3S64SfDHXWELjF8ACQUElQGg). ---
**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, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/72 "2022-12-15T14:13:15Z")
[![](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/0/4/45484-4870-52824-1-herbie.jpg) ](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/0/4/45484-4870-52824-1-herbie.jpg) ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/73 "2022-12-15T14:13:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It’s “so _prosecute_ could buy Twuth Swocial”. Respect faucis pronouns, consarnit! Can I just say, I’m glad to see others getting on the “Okay, I’ll use prosecute’s stupid pronouns” bandwagon. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/74 "2022-12-15T15:01:40Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > It’s out! > > [I’ve just pissed in my pants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa4d2ugGMCM) Not that I wish him dead, but I wouldn’t mind if he played that scene out to the end. > [@JohnT](#): > > Since Superman “comes to save the day” That was Mighty Mouse. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/75 "2022-12-15T15:59:41Z")
My IMHO response to the OP is that my best guess is that he will announce a multi-state rally schedule where his loyalists can come see him in person (and perhaps touch the hem of his robe). Everything he has said since announcing his candidacy has been attempts at obtaining news-grabbing headlines. A multi-state tour is just the thing! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/76 "2022-12-15T16:04:16Z")
I see he is suing the Pulitzer Prize people for some random reason. That does not seem major to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/77 "2022-12-15T16:04:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@JohnT](#): > > > > Since Superman “comes to save the day” > > That was Mighty Mouse Say what? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/78 "2022-12-15T16:06:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > That was Mighty Mouse. I thought it was Andy Kaufman. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hiu1wfHSU1w/maxresdefault.jpg "Here I come to save the day - Andy Kaufman (Short clip)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiu1wfHSU1w) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/79 "2022-12-15T16:08:01Z")
He will announce his new reality show: “So You Wanna Be a Veep?” It’s how he’ll select a running-mate. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/80 "2022-12-15T16:08:03Z")
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