Former President Donald Trump scoffed at a “major announcement” Wednesday night. It’s a big production with grainy animation of Trump, who lately is running to locate his old job, shooting lasers through his eyes and ripping a buttoned-up blouse to reveal a Superman. -style suit with a bright “T” on his muscular chest.
“America wants a superhero,” Trump sings into the camera, backed by a sky-high score.
A day later, the announcement came.
Trump is promoting an “NFT collection” among his supporters. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are virtual artworks that feature Trump in Barbie-style styles and occupations: there’s the Trump cowboy soldier with a gun in the air near his 10-gallon hat; there’s a fancy Trump badly retouched in a tuxedo on a red carpet; there is the boxer Trump with an electrified forty-five wearing his gloves; Movie mogul Trump makes a decisive point by wearing pink aviators in front of the Hollywood sign. They can be yours for $99 (each).
“Collect all your favorite Trump virtual business cards, like a baseball card, but much more exciting,” Trump wrote in Truth Social.
“Don’t wait,” he added. They will be gone, I think, very quickly!”
The cards come with more bonuses, Trump said in a video released today, adding “incredible prizes” like the chance to win a dinner with Trump: “I don’t know if it’s an amazing prize, that’s what we have,” he said. — a day of golf in one of its clubs, individual meetings and signed souvenirs.
The former president introduced this initiative at the end of NFT’s boom, which for limited and verifiable collections of virtual art. At the height of the craze last year, some of those virtual currencies charge millions.
This isn’t the first time Trump’s camp has made a foray into NFT land: Melania Trump launched her own series earlier this year. it was finally done through the user who set up the auction in the first position, potentially, Melania herself.
So far, this experiment is working as well as this one, even among hardcore Trump fans.
“Dude. . . when all patriots have hope for the long term of our country and Trump exalts everyone with a ‘BIG ANNOUNCEMENT,'” right-wing comedians and Trump supporters wrote, “The Hodgetwins,” wrote on Twitter, “and then drops a low-quality NFT collectible video as an ‘ad,’ it simply repels people. . . Curse.
Facepalming extends beyond MAGA celebrities. Even Michael Biundo, a veteran New Hampshire strategist and former senior adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign, expressed sadness with the statement on Twitter.
“I know this will upset some in Trump’s world, but come on!” wrote Biundo. Can we all admit that this is wonderful for Donald Trump’s first primary announcement since he announced he will run again?I feel like we’re punks.
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