How do you sell out of digital items?
Okay, is that real? I think I’ve officially Lost The Plot here.
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.
I thought that was Mighty Mouse.
“Very much like a baseball card”, except that it costs a hundred bucks, and you don’t even get a stick of gum.
He’s selling NFTs?
NFT = Now, F***ing Trump
I’d rather have a Joe Shlabotnik card.
Looks like it’s real – the “major announcement” is about another fucking NFT scam:
(whoever trump eventually picks as a running mate, Dumb and Dumber would make for a good nickname for the pair)
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 Ever since then Trump has cried Fake News and demanded that the award be withdrawn.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.
Yep. Apparently this has been in the works since the end of July, when the domain was registered.
How it started: I’m President of the United States!
How it ended: Please buy my Pokemons.
Somehow, Trump’s announcement ended up being even more pathetic than I thought it could possibly be.
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.
So, I was right?!
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.
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”?
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…).
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