# 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:** 5
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/81 "2022-12-15T16:09:51Z")
How do you sell out of digital items? ---
**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, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/82 "2022-12-15T16:11:11Z")
Okay, is that real? I think I’ve officially Lost The Plot here. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/83 "2022-12-15T16:13:04Z")
I went to the website in that post, and it looked real. I think it might be real. Wow is that pathetic. For the first time it makes me think that Trump might actually go out with a whimper. Very low energy. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/84 "2022-12-15T16:14:47Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Since Superman “comes to save the day I thought that was Mighty Mouse. ---
**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, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/85 "2022-12-15T16:15:54Z")
“Very much like a baseball card”, except that it costs a hundred bucks, and you don’t even get a stick of gum. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/86 "2022-12-15T16:17:58Z")
He’s selling NFTs? ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/87 "2022-12-15T16:18:15Z")
NFT = Now, F\*\*\*ing Trump I’d rather have a Joe Shlabotnik card. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DamGTdWW4AERt9Z.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DamGTdWW4AERt9Z.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/88 "2022-12-15T16:18:18Z")
Looks like it’s real – the “major announcement” is about another fucking NFT scam: > **[Trump finally makes ‘major announcement’ – and it has nothing to do with his...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-announcement-trading-card-news-b2246040.html)** > > ‘These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career!’ Mr Trump boasts ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/89 "2022-12-15T16:18:35Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > This time? He has like a 0.1% chance at ever being president again. Maybe less. [![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SUyk6NUk8Us/UZ3rgCqyFyI/AAAAAAAAMAw/mdTK2WsDALI/s1600/theres-a-chance.gif) ](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SUyk6NUk8Us/UZ3rgCqyFyI/AAAAAAAAMAw/mdTK2WsDALI/s1600/theres-a-chance.gif) (whoever trump eventually picks as a running mate, Dumb and Dumber would make for a good nickname for the pair) ---
**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, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/90 "2022-12-15T16:20:09Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > I see he is suing the Pulitzer Prize people for some random reason. That does not seem major to me. This has been brewing a long time. Basically, the Pulitzer Prize was awarded for investigation into RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA in 2018. Ever since then Trump has cried Fake News and demanded that the award be withdrawn. He’s been threatening to sue for at least a year. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/91 "2022-12-15T16:21:58Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > So in other words a new coat of paint on the same old grift. Yep. Apparently this has been in the works since the end of July, when the domain was registered. ---
**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, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/92 "2022-12-15T16:28:56Z")
How it started: I’m President of the United States! How it ended: Please buy my Pokemons. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/93 "2022-12-15T16:38:30Z")
Somehow, Trump’s announcement ended up being even more pathetic than I thought it could possibly be. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/94 "2022-12-15T16:39:18Z")
What does this mean for the value of my _unofficial_ Donald Trump Digital Trading Cards? ---
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/95 "2022-12-15T16:40:06Z")
> [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > What does this mean for the value of my _unofficial_ Donald Trump Digital Trading Cards It means you can expect to be the subject of a lawsuit from Trump’s lawyers shortly. ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/96 "2022-12-15T16:41:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “Made ya look!”. So, I was right?! ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/97 "2022-12-15T16:42:11Z")
It does take grift to a new level. Here’s what I gleaned from a quick browse of the site. The cards are $99 each, but there is a service fee added which allegedly covers the cost of adding the NFT to the blockchain. The cards are “guaranteed” to be rare, with no more than 20 of each design being minted. Some cards are rarer than others. I’m pretty sure that the rubes that buy through the website won’t get the good ones. You don’t get to pick the design you buy, you get whatever they give you. If you purchase, you will be entered in a sweepstakes that gives you prizes related to access to Trump. Things like an invite to a cocktail hour that Trump will attend, a golf game with Trump, a private zoom call with Trump, a group Zoom call with Trump or a copy of Trumps picture book. (I’m betting they only deliver the last two). But the more NFT’s you buy, the more chances you have to win! If you buy 45 of them, you get a guaranteed ticket to some sort of Gala event that Trump will also attend. It’s easier than grifting through political fundraising, I guess….Trump can keep the money without going through the motions of setting up dummy consulting firms. ---
**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, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/98 "2022-12-15T16:45:10Z")
Now I’m wondering what a minor Trump announcement would be. “Took a big dump this A.M.”? “Stool samples $99 each, on a popsicle stick”? ---
**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, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/99 "2022-12-15T16:49:34Z")
What makes me sad is that there are plenty of people who will buy them (the trading cards, not the poop on a stick. Well, actually…). ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/100 "2022-12-15T16:51:14Z")
Take the theme song to the Pokemon cartoon and just change “Pokemon” to “MAGA”. _I wanna be the very best_ _Like no one ever was_ _To catch them is my real test_ _To train them is my cause_ _I will travel across the land_ _Searching far and wide_ _Teach MAGA to understand_ _The power that’s inside_ _MAGA!_ _(Gotta catch 'em all) It’s you and me_ _I know it’s my destiny (MAGA!)_ _Oh, you’re my best friend_ _In a world we must defend (MAGA!)_ _(Gotta catch 'em all) A heart so true_ _Our courage will pull us through_ _You teach me and I’ll teach you (Ooh, ooh)_ _MAGA! (Gotta catch 'em all)_ _Gotta catch 'em all_ [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=4) [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=6)