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douglas9

(5,814 posts)
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 02:04 PM Jan 2022

Melania Trump hawking hat, artwork to raise money for kids in foster care? Come on.

Taking a page from her husband, who sells everything from MAGA hats to mugs to beer koozies, former First Lady Melania Trump announced Tuesday that she’s now hawking items as part of a “historic” auction, to allegedly raise money for her “Be Best” foster care initiative.

Are these two cash-poor, or just cashing in on their 15 minutes before they’re behind bars?

According to the site, the 51-year-old ex-model set the bid at $250,000, and you can only pay in cryptocurrency.

On sale are “three important one-of-a-kind signed items,” marking the first state visit from French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, to the White House in 2018. The items are a white hat, a watercolor of Melania wearing the white hat by French artist Marc-Antoine Coulon, and "an exclusive digital artwork NFT with motion,” also of Melania wearing—you guessed it—the white hat.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2072579

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Melania Trump hawking hat, artwork to raise money for kids in foster care? Come on. (Original Post) douglas9 Jan 2022 OP
We know what happens to the money in Trump "charities." Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #1
Non-fungible token sounds like... 3catwoman3 Jan 2022 #2
Well-spotted Hekate Jan 2022 #5
Be Best was about cyberbullying... Now its foster care? zaj Jan 2022 #3
We know she sold her body n/m BradAllison Jan 2022 #4
and tossed her soul in onethatcares Jan 2022 #10
Why do I keep thinking NFT art isn't worth the paper it's (not) printed on? Hekate Jan 2022 #6
This whole disgusting family is nothing but a bunch of grifting ass tricks. Comfortably_Numb Jan 2022 #7
It's for the children in need. Tommy Carcetti Jan 2022 #8
;-{)🖖‍ Goonch Jan 2022 #9
Those kids in foster care... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #11
Do you know what real "billionaires" don't do? Auction their hats and pictures of themselves for pro LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2022 #12
 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
3. Be Best was about cyberbullying... Now its foster care?
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 02:11 PM
Jan 2022

And the only payment in crypto currency? That's not a money laundering operation at all! 🤣

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
6. Why do I keep thinking NFT art isn't worth the paper it's (not) printed on?
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 02:16 PM
Jan 2022
And the grift goes on, and the grift goes on


LetMyPeopleVote

(181,155 posts)
12. Do you know what real "billionaires" don't do? Auction their hats and pictures of themselves for pro
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 01:45 AM
Jan 2022
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