# 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:** 9
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/161 "2022-12-15T19:23:37Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > As a society we truly need to make sure we have a plan in place, when the time comes, for the preservation of this man’s brain for scientific study. Get one of those canisters that are used to hold film, I’m sure it’ll fit fine in there. [![](https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/WFLM-250_flying-film-canisters-kit_20170704-02.jpg) ](https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/WFLM-250_flying-film-canisters-kit_20170704-02.jpg) ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/162 "2022-12-15T19:25:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What makes me sad is that there are plenty of people who will buy them I’m the opposite way with all these scams. He’s proven time and time and time again that money anyone gives him will be used for his own personal interests, period. It won’t go towards whatever he claims (lawsuits, elections etc), he’s going to pocket it. Considering he’s not using said money in a way conducive to finding his way back into power, like, for example, using it to pay lawyers or fund a campaign, I’m more than happy to let his “supporters” continue draining their own resources to line his pockets. I figure the more often he begs for money, the more people aren’t going to be able to afford it especially as they realize they’re getting exactly nothing in return. ---
**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, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/163 "2022-12-15T19:26:13Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > As a society we truly need to make sure we have a plan in place, when the time comes, for the preservation of this man’s brain for scientific study. I know just the place. [https://dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345157c669e20240a51c73d2200b-pi](https://dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345157c669e20240a51c73d2200b-pi) ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/164 "2022-12-15T19:35:37Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Given that all they are asking for is your name address and Crypto wallet number I’m not sure how an entry would violate any of these things, but perhaps they have experience with people using any opportunity to give Trump a piece of their mind. There was a trend of signing up for Trump Things™ with fake e-mail addresses like "FuckTrump69@TrumpFucksMonkeys.turd, which this would disallow. ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/165 "2022-12-15T19:41:13Z")
The video promoting these “cards” says, “No purchase necessary, void where prohibited.” No purchase necessary?! Can you write in and ask for one for free, like a sweepstakes? ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/166 "2022-12-15T19:42:04Z")
They are trading cards. You trade your dignity for them. ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/167 "2022-12-15T19:42:52Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > The alternate prizes are a Trump NFT trading card or an absurdly low amount of cash. For example, instead of giving you and your friends a round of golf with Trump, they can just give you $300. Folks really need to remember what Trump himself values his time at when they’re negotiating speaking fees with him. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/168 "2022-12-15T19:44:00Z")
Someone needs to photoshop that making Trump showing off his boobies. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/169 "2022-12-15T19:44:09Z")
No purchase necessary for the sweepstakes…and if you trust that your name will go into the hat if you don’t buy his imaginary crap you deserve everything you (won’t) get. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/170 "2022-12-15T19:46:42Z")
It’s a very bad day for Trumpfans Twitter. No spin has yet been invented. ---
**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, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/171 "2022-12-15T19:48:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > and if you trust that your name will go into the hat if you don’t buy his imaginary crap Hell, your name won’t go in the hat even if you do buy his crap. This isn’t the first time he’s played this “raffle” game. > **[Trump held a contest for small donors to have dinner with him, but no one won...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-holds-contest-for-small-dinners-no-one-receives-prize-wapo-2022-3)** > > Former President Donald Trump offered small donors the chance to dine with him in New Orleans, but a winner wasn't selected, per The Washington Post. ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/172 "2022-12-15T19:54:33Z")
How do you get tanTrump’s brain to attain pea-size? By inflating it. ---
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/173 "2022-12-15T19:57:02Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Hell, your name won’t go in the hat even if you do buy his crap. This isn’t the first time he’s played this “raffle” game. I worked for an RV dealer who did this shit. The way it works is: you get the rube to fill out all the personal information on an “entry form”. You make a big show of putting it in one of those rotary bins which sits next to some nice camping equipment. No ticket ever gets drawn, but now you have the rube’s contact information and can harass them with cold calls for the rest of their lives. I refused to participate. I’m surprised that Lump hasn’t figured out how to insert himself into the religious scam business. There are huge profits to be made there. ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/174 "2022-12-15T20:05:17Z")
Did this brown stain actually say he was “better than Lincoln, better than Washington”? ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/175 "2022-12-15T20:07:08Z")
This is the digital equivalent of giving hand jobs for meth. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/176 "2022-12-15T20:08:24Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > hand jobs for meth Band name. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/177 "2022-12-15T20:21:16Z")
The more I think about it the more I’m convinced its a money laundering scheme. Otherwise it seems such small potatoes for Trump. Even if he sells every NFT, the maximum revenue generated from the whole enterprise will be 4.4 million. Take into account the overhead of paying the artist, and setting up the website manning customer service etc. He probably has an upper ceiling of 4 million, likely much less. He makes that in 7 weeks of MAGA hat sales. So this whole enterprise is just a rounding error in terms of his fortune. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/178 "2022-12-15T20:22:34Z")
I need a word for this feeling that I am experiencing. What would you call being hilariously humiliated on behalf of someone else? This is really…something. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/179 "2022-12-15T20:22:53Z")
You actually think the artist is going to be _paid_ for their work? That would be a first for TFG. ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-makes-major-announcement-december-15-what-is-it-just-digital-trading-cards-of-trump/976531/180 "2022-12-15T20:24:58Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Even if he sells every NFT, My thoughts are, you’re assuming he’s not going to just keep cranking this shit out forever. He limits it to a few thousand each round, to “create scarcity” and scare his idiots into fear of missing out, so they’ll shell out as quickly as possible, but then next week there will be a whole new set of these released. Plus, you’re also assuming that he won’t just sell the same NFT two, three, or more times. Anyone dumb enough to buy this crap probably has no idea what an NFT is, or how to check if someone else owns the same one. [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=8) [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=10)