Trump finally makes his 'major announcement' - and it has nothing to do with his campaign

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: Independent UK

Donald Trump has revealed his “major announcement”, which the former president teased with great fanfare on Wednesday.

It turns out that Mr Trump is selling digital trading cards of himself.

“My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here! These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career! Collect all of your favorite Trump Digital Trading Cards, very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting,” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Speculation over the former president’s announcement centred around his campaign, and whether Mr Trump would be revealing a 2024 running mate or other political moves.

“Don’t Wait. They will be gone, I believe, very quickly!” Mr Trump added on Truth Social.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-announcement-trading-card-news-b2246040.html

[ColinC]

1. Grifters gonna grift

[secondwind]

2. LOL.

[Ocelot II]

3. TFG has outdone himself with this latest hilariously amateurish grift.

There's even a sweepstakes!

With Every Digital Collectible you Buy, You're entered into the Trump Sweepstakes.
1000’s of PRIZES! See below for some of them.
Win incredible prizes, including your chance to spend time with the President of the United States. For the first time ever, you can secure your own rare piece of Donald Trump’s history.

https://www.collecttrumpcards.com/

He was never anything more than a carnival barker.

[louis-t]

4. Can we just 'trade' him instead?

Maybe Russia will accept him for Paul Whelan.

[Kennah]

46. I say we offer the whole Trump Mob

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Oh my goodness Trump's "major announcement" is even more pathetic than I anticipated

Link to tweet

[smb]

55. Some Trading Cards He SHOULD Publish

1. Trump throwing a plate of ketchup-soaked food at the wall.

2. Trump being spanked with a rolled-up magazine by Stormy Daniels.
(granted, he might have to give her a cut, so probably not)

3. Trump winding up the SOTU address as Pelosi tears up her copy behind him.
(OK, same problem)

4. Trump changing the course of a hurricane with his Sharpie.

5. Trump sitting behind the wheel of a big rig acting like a little kid.

I'm sure there are plenty of other good ideas out there....

[ZonkerHarris]

65. hmmm

[katmondoo]

6. I can't stop laughing!!!!!!

[Aviation Pro]

7. This fucking yam was a President of the United States of America?

Go have an aneurysm, you worthless oxygen thief.

[3auld6phart]

21. Definitely

Going off the deee end, He is a nutter and should be committed to a state Mental Hospital
.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. these trump nft cards are f*cking insane.

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

70. That looks like Biden in the space suit, WTF. nt

[Pluvious]

9. The speculation during the buildup was a blast...

See here for everyone’s guesses:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217463343

[Prairie_Seagull]

47. I got caught up thinking he is a politician.

My bad. Will flagellate later, post tequila .

[vlyons]

10. Yaaawwnnn

Who F-ing cares?

[GregGilman]

11. The "Man of Steal"

The Man of Steal is grifting again.

[Harker]

28. A+. n/t

[Maeve]

66. aka Mighty Mouth

[AllaN01Bear]

12. yawn

[FalloutShelter]

13. Here's what's' not funny and pathetic about this!

The MSM ran with this story all morning, breathlessly awaiting the announcement.
The media has egg all over their faces and they are and absolute disgrace for being so easily fished in in this.
THEY HAVE LEARNED NOTHING. over the last five years.

[Tetrachloride]

14. IRS. good timing. right before Dec 31.

[Captain Zero]

45. That will be a glaring omission from April's Return

unreported income can be costly and trigger an audit.

[Turbineguy]

15. Remind me

[womanofthehills]

16. The husband of my good friend will probably buy them

He sent Trump $100 for a signed photo of Trump. (Looked stamped, not signed) and because he has a problem with me being a Dem - he insisted his (embarrassed wife) show me the photo. But you can’t make this up - she had to show me a copy because the original was too valuable.

[iluvtennis]

17. And his moron followers will buy them and send more $$$ his way. Just disgusting. n/t

[Kali]

18. HAHAHAHHAHAHHA!!!!

ever the grifter, and he might even make $ off them. hell they would almost appeal to those of us who hate him just for the history and potential for "altering"/vandalism.

[electric_blue68]

82. "altering", huh? Hahahaha. Mwuahahahahaaaaa!

[denvine]

19. Pitiful! He's such a narcissistic loser!

So are his flock!

[Lokee11]

20. The Onion?

I keep looking to make sure this is not from The Onion - it is not right?



✊FDT!

[Mysterian]

41. My first thought.

Unbelievable. Not the Onion.

[ruet]

59. I Had to Triple-Check the URL.

What a bunch of ultra-maroons.

[nancy1942]

22. Grotesquely tacky even for this absurd creature. Good Gawd.

[electric_blue68]

83. New Heights?🤔 Acrually... New Depths!!! PATHETIC!

[Rustynaerduwell]

23. Help! I can't seem to convince myself this isn't parody!

This IS real. Right?

[jmowreader]

24. I found the website he's selling them on

OMG the fucker has turned into Walter Mitty. Imagine what would happen if Jon McNaughton learned Photoshop, and you know what these look like. They definitely have a McNaughton vibe to them.

[Docreed2003]

25. 🤣🤣🤣 $99?!?!? Ninety nine dollars??

For a domestic set of digital trading cards? What a colossal waste of money.

[OnlinePoker]

34. No...that's $99 for each card.

"Fans who buy 45 digital trading cards, which would cost $4,455 before any taxes or fees, are “guaranteed a ticket to attend a gala a dinner with Trump in South Florida,” the site says."

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-big-announcement-selling-161804314.html

[Docreed2003]

50. Dang I missed that

That's just pathetic.

[central scrutinizer]

53. I bet it's a recurring monthly subscription

With the opt-out button hidden deeply in the small print. Anybody who gives their credit card information to TFG is really stupid and deserves to get fleeced.

[OnlinePoker]

79. Anybody who gives to TFG is really stupid.

Fixed it for you.

[electric_blue68]

84. Per Card?!! Gahhhh. Blarg!

[WheelWalker]

26. Why does he remind me on a certain Roman...

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus?

[Martin68]

27. Little Donnie is living out a childhood fantasy to escape the doom that is approaching him, his

family, and his business associates. Pathetic.

[Initech]

29. And he wonders why we don't take the MAGAs seriously anymore!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. For this thread

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

69. Perfect. nt

[patricia92243]

31. It's almost kinda pitiful. Poor deluded fool.

[musclecar6]

32. Just

Our favorite amoral Con man, liar and a cheat, doing what he does best. In this case selling ridiculous bullshit to the rapidly dwindling MAGA moron crowd.

[twodogsbarking]

33. He could put his picture on pillows. Mike? Are you there? Mike?

[keithbvadu2]

35. I want to see the Stormy card.

But not badly enough to buy it.

[keithbvadu2]

42. Are there any 'tasteful' nudies of First Escort Melania?

[Prairie_Seagull]

36. Is he hoping these will increase in value similar to crypto.

Fucking dip shit.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

37. Not winning him new converts, but the base is ebbing

This is just so f******g dumb. Really? This is his big announcement?

You know what. I'm done. Walking away.
4 posted on 2022-12-15, by Sirius Lee

[Harker]

38. I think I have finally come to understand the word "assclown." n/t

[Renew Deal]

39. The grift always comes first.

[Javaman]

40. gasp! you mean it's another grift? color me surprised. nt

[Tree-Hugger]

43. Is this real?

This isn't a satire article?

Anyone wanna buy trading cards of my face?

[thucythucy]

44. Can't wait to see what Colbert does with this!

OMFG it's Christmas for comedians!

[electric_blue68]

85. Oh, yeah! Bwaaahaahaahhaaaaaaaa! Also 😜 Seth's "A Closer Look". Too bad, Trevor left Just a Bit...

TOO Soon.

"Picture" this...

Trevor:
"What The Hell Happened Today?!!!" Come back Special!
😄😄😜😄

[Arkansas Granny]

48. If it's not for his campaign, does that mean that the money just goes into his pocket?

[pandr32]

49. It's butterfly net time

I am laughing so hard, but then I realize how perfect an idea this is for him. He loves to control and market his own image. I can only imagine how adulterated these 'limited edition' images of the goon will be to satisfy the body dysmorphic disorder he obviously struggles with (orange/bronze face tint, hair weave extensions and elaborate comb-over, long tie, shoe lifts, girdle, shoulder pads, baggy open suits, etc.) These trading cards will be heavily photo-shopped.

[muriel_volestrangler]

51. I said it would be grift-based

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17463994

I just didn't factor in the narcissism enough.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

52. SEC is investigating his company for (un)TruthSocial, so he does it again with digital NFTs

(block chain)

[wishstar]

54. We can breathe sign of relief that this is only a stunt making him even more irrelevant

He is too lazy to run for speaker of the House and too unpopular now to get anyone to commit to being his VP or campaign manager.

His lawyers have been shot down too many times and are too busy keeping him from being indicted and hoping to keep his witnesses from spilling to launch any more major lawsuits.

[JohnnyRingo]

56. Digital? Is this like an NFT?

I don't know what an adult would do with an actual Trump trading card.
He'd be smart to release the whole deck for $100, and don't doubt that he will after this trading card cow quits giving milk.

[EarthFirst]

60. Kinda what I was wondering...

What with the FTX collapse; you’d be a moron to purchased Trump NFT’s…

…on second thought; there’s an enormous market share of morons out there; so…

[JohnnyRingo]

61. So you spend $100, finally get a special card, and it reads...

"Drink More Ovaltine".

[EarthFirst]

81. "A crummy commercial?!"

“Son of a b*tch!”

[C_U_L8R]

57. I've got some pixels of the Brooklyn Bridge to sell them too.

Apparently, magats are suckers for anything.

[Rocknation]

58. Just in time for slush (fund) season

Rocknation

[ruet]

62. If You Act Now.

They'll include a signed My Pillow for only $29.99 shipping and handling.

[C Moon]

63. Oh boy: there are going to be a LOT of jokes about this.

[Lulu KC]

64. One of those, "Is this The Onion?" moments

[Prairie_Seagull]

67. Now can we stop covering his "major announcements" in the MSM.

He needs to pay a price for all this free advertising.

[twodogsbarking]

68. Traitor cards.

[Hekate]

71. Pathetic carnival barker

[justgamma]

72. Silly me

I thought him selling beans in the Oval office would be his low point.

[ShazzieB]

73. Did you all notice the sweepstakes?

Those of you who were brave (or crazy enough) to visit the site, I mean?

A sample of the verbiage:

Each Digital Trading Card (NFT) is not only a rare collectible, it automatically enters YOU INTO A SWEEPSTAKES for a chance to win 1000’s of incredible prizes and meet the one and only #45! There's no purchase necessary to enter!

*snip*

Win incredible prizes, including your chance to spend time with the President of the United States. For the first time ever, you can secure your own rare piece of Donald Trump’s history.

*snip*

BUY 45 Digital Trading CardS And YOU are GUARANTEED a TICKET to A dinner with the President
-------------------

(Please note that he is referred to here as "the President." Not "the former president" or "the 45th president." For the purposes of this sweepstakes, he is THE PRESIDENT.

Sweepstakes prizes include such things as:
- Miami dinner with Donald Trump
- Mar-A-Lago group cocktail hour
- One-on-Meeting with #45
- Play golf with Trump & Your Friends

One wonders, of course, how many of these "prizes" will actually be awarded, much less "delivered."

It's also possible to enter the sweepstakes without purchasing anything, but the instructions for doing so involve snail mail and are absurdly complicated.

Whoever said he has outdone himself was so so SO right.

[BWdem4life]

74. BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE!

[IronLionZion]

75. Dude is broke and desperate

and his MAGAt supporters will give him money for this digital nonsense and think they're owning the libs.

[randr]

76. Shoulda known

It has to do with him making money

[Justice matters.]

77. I'll buy one in orange jumpsuit behind bars.

For life (what's left of it).

[honest.abe]

78. I thought this was joke when I first read about it.

Unbelievable.

[regnaD kciN]

80. After this, we should change the popular phrase to "Trumping the Shark"...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

86. Dark Brandon is the best Brandon.

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