When Donald Trump shared that he was due to make an “IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT” on his social media platform, Truth Social on Tuesday morning, the hypothesis focused on a possible announcement similar to the presidential crusade amid the former president’s decline.
On Wednesday morning, Trump announced an “official collection of Donald Trump virtual trading cards” in the form of NFT.
“Collect all your favorite Trump virtual business cards, like a baseball card, but much more exciting,” Trump said in Truth Social. “Only $99 each!”
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are virtual assets connected to their owner. Thanks to cryptocurrency generation and clever programming tricks, each NFT is unique and, in turn, has its own value, which we regularly take into account through your call of Prospective Buyers.
On Friday morning, the online page where you can buy NFT says the collection is sold out. The site says 45,000 NFTs were created, of which 44,000 could be purchased for $99 each. NFTs now sell for at least about $200 on OpenSea, an NFT exchange site.
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“Better than Lincoln, bigger than Washington,” Trump said of his presidency in an NFT video announcement. “These maps show some of the amazing artwork related to my life and career, it was very exciting. “
Digital collectible cards show Trump in other outfits and quirky scenarios. An NFT shows Trump shooting lasers into his eyes in front of Trump Tower as Trump’s fist flaps as he rides an elephant.
“Remember, Christmas is coming and it’s a Christmas present,” Trump said.
Trump’s announcement hypothesized that it was related to his 2024 re-election bid. Trump has noted his decline among Republican allies and the ERS because of disappointing midterm effects for the Republican Party and dining with a Holocaust denier.
An exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University ballot found that only 31% of the Republican Party and GOP electorate sought Trump to run for re-election.
As for the presidential candidate, the ballot found that that electorate overwhelmingly prefers Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to Trump at 56% to 33%.
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Trump’s announcement provoked complaints and ridicule from his allies and common belligerent parties, especially after the fall of FTX, a major cryptocurrency exchange, which came under scrutiny.
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President Joe Biden mocked Trump and tweeted his own “TOP ADS” touting his administration’s most recent successes, such as codifying same-sex marriage into law.
Former White House strategist and Trump adviser Steve Bannon reacted to the announcement on his “War Room” podcast, saying, “I can’t do that. I can’t do that anymore. “
“Whoever it is, what business partner, and anyone on the communications team, and anyone at Mar-a-Lago, and I love the other people there, yet we’re at war. They will be sent back today,” Bannon said.