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What on Earth Was Trump Thinking With 'Trump Digital Trading Cards'?
Red State ^ | 12/15/2022 | Mike Miller

Posted on 12/15/2022 7:38:22 PM PST by SeekAndFind



Look, I don’t know what Donald Trump is trying to accomplish with his “Trump Digital Trading Cards,” but I do know P.T. Barnum ain’t got nothin’ on The Donald. I mean we’re talking MyPillow dude Mike Lindell-quality stuff, here.

Here’s something else I know: Whatever Trump was thinking was wrong. Way wrong.

As my colleague Bonchie reported earlier, Trump on Wednesday teased a coming “major announcement” on Thursday morning. His major announcement, he said, would come because “America needs a superhero.” On Thursday, that announcement came: Trump Digital Trading Cards. No, really.

Ah, but hold on here a minute, some of you ask, while others laugh. Given Trump’s “genius,” he’s always (fill in a number) of steps ahead of everyone else. So, of course, the trading card thingy is something brilliant that mere mortals are incapable of grasping. One avid Trump supporter on my Facebook page called Trump’s “major announcement a “feint” — leading up to comment about his 2024 platform.

Other loyalists, perhaps like the rest of us with no explanation, assumed Trump’s trading card shtick was only a “joke” — given that Trump can never be wrong. Three words: not a joke. Check out his announcement video at CollectTrumpCards.com and see for yourself.

In an infomercial rivaling Mike Lindell’s “best” MyPillow product ads, Trump boasts:

Hello everybody, this is Donald Trump. Hopefully your favorite president of all. Better than Lincoln, better than Washington, with an important announcement to make. I’m doing my first official Donald J. Trump NFT Collection right here and right now. They’re called “Trump Digital Trading Cards,” These cards feature some of the really incredible artwork pertaining to my life and my career, and it’s been very exciting.

Notice how Trump must be “better than” Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. It’s honestly kind of sad, in a way. That amount of insecurity, I mean. And how does a serious person even respond to this? No, it wasn’t a “feint.” No, it wasn’t a “joke.” The question is, what the hell was it?

Trump continued to boast about himself and hype the ever-loving crap out of his digital trading card series, but before we go any further, a quick word about NTFs — non-fungible tokens.

I won’t get deep into the weeds about NTFs, but they’re even more precarious than cryptocurrencies. Comprised of digital identifiers that can’t be copied, substituted, or subdivided and recorded in a blockchain, they are worth ONLY what those who are brave silly enough to buy them think they’re worth. You don’t have to be a former 30-year registered investment advisor — which I am — but anyone with a modicum of knowledge about how the crypto nightmare turned out for buyers who “invested” serious money in the pretend assets knows what I’m talking about.

Anyway, again, why?

Does Trump know he’s going to lose but wants to go out with a bang? Is the whole thing a thinly veiled fundraising scheme? Does Trump even really want to be president, again? Or is he incapable of seeing how ridiculous this thing is, and honestly believes everything he says in the video I linked to, above? Again, I don’t know.

But here’s something I strongly believe: Trump is counting on his legions of loyalists to plop down a hundred bucks a pop on this worthless nonsense, and I’m gonna go ahead and bet he won’t be wrong.

Sorry, Trump loyalists, but this is as pathetic as it is hilarious.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: concerntroll; concerntrolling; itstupid; pokemon; searchandfind; searchworks; tradingcards; trump
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To: Ge0ffrey
Haha! They sold out!

If chumps didn't exist, scammers would go hungry.

61 posted on 12/16/2022 4:31:00 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Pollard
Knowing Trump, it could be as simple as him helping someone out financially. Could this be Baron Trump's first business project? Some meme maker that's been supportive of Trump since 2015 so Trump wants to give back? He does tend to help people and not announce that he's helping them.

Are you really this stupid?

62 posted on 12/16/2022 5:04:18 AM PST by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: Beowulf9

EVERYONE who mocked President Trump's NFT collection...helped them SELL OUT!!!

Sold out in 12 hours.

😂🤣😂🤣💪https://t.co/0I2OsjxgQ6— Maga Rising John 💯🇺🇸💯 (@RisingMagaJohn) December 16, 2022


63 posted on 12/16/2022 5:08:53 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (Vote RED~R.emove E.very D.emocrat~D&S)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Perhaps you don’t know he’s been doing it his whole life.

Once gave a black bus driver $10k because the bus driver had stopped and talked a woman out of jumping off a bridge to commit suicide.

Helped a black singer who’s family were getting killed by gangsta types. Gave her a safe place to stay.

Paid an older woman’s mortgage because she was going to lose a multi-generational farm after her husband died and had mismanaged things.

Flew a sick kid from CA to NY because the airlines wouldn’t do it due to medical equipment having to go along with him.

Didn’t try to get media coverage any of the above.


64 posted on 12/16/2022 5:17:26 AM PST by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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To: Beowulf9

500k with initial offer... sold out. but the big announcement was not the trading cards.

the lame stream neglects to report on the real big announcement.


65 posted on 12/16/2022 5:20:51 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Sirius Lee

You’re a troll.


66 posted on 12/16/2022 5:44:40 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: Ge0ffrey
You’re a troll.

Could be worse. Could be a rube, a chump, a sucker, an easy mark instead. You can have that all to yourself.

67 posted on 12/16/2022 6:18:25 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: SeekAndFind

NFTs are one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard of.


68 posted on 12/16/2022 7:13:17 AM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: ransomnote

The problem with the freedom of speech announcement is that it largely depends on Trump’s re-election (and majority support in both houses of Congress. The card announcement makes all that less likely. Regarding the spoofed announcement theory as an explanation of the insanity of the weird card sales distraction, shouldn’t that complaint be coming from Trump himself? Isn’t it odd that Bannon should be fooled by it? I must be missing something.


69 posted on 12/16/2022 7:31:13 AM PST by Palmetto State Conservative
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To: SeekAndFind
I know nothing about NFT, nor can I begin to understand it. But there's much in this world beyond grasp, especially this NFT being worth $400,000:



Bored Ape Yacht Club Conquered NFTs. Can It Master the Metaverse Next?

According to CNet, the Trump NFT cards sold out in 14 hours: Donald Trump's NFT Collection Sells Out, Raising $4.45M

Wish I were that dumb.
70 posted on 12/16/2022 7:52:41 AM PST by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: dangus

I was not ‘trying’ nor making excuses. I believed that after years of watching President Trump SOMEBODY would realize he isn’t just ‘selling superhero cards’ or that he can’t read a crowd.

Please, use what you know about him. He’s saying the country is in jeopardy and we’re on the cusp of falling to communism and Biden is destroying us and you think he ALSO wants to sell trading cards for fun and profit?

With Trump, we often don’t see what he’s up to but the important point, is neither do all those trying to destroy him.

Choose a side, Trump or all those trying to destroy him. Then, try to think outside the box. Factor in all who want to ridicule him (Alinsky tactics). Then it becomes possible as I said elsewhere that outsiders ‘rode’ his big announcement to sell their product, yet THIS thread was lambasting Trump for being responsible for it.

Why blame him if he’s not involved? Why say he’s leaving it to his supporters if it’s an outsider using his name?

Why reach for the most petty explanations and ridicule the one person who’s fought the Deep State longer and harder than anyone else. Look around - there isn’t another Trump. We should root for this one, not rip him apart.

Interesting just how many people, like you, eagerly blame him for..well..everything.


71 posted on 12/16/2022 8:11:07 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: SeekAndFind
Much ado about nothing IMHO.

It sounds like a creative way to fund a campaign without those pesky contribution limits.

72 posted on 12/16/2022 8:42:42 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: 867V309

You took the wind out to the MSM sails bet they keep that hid.


73 posted on 12/16/2022 8:56:09 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: SeekAndFind

Leopards and spots.


74 posted on 12/16/2022 12:48:21 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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