Trump cards

2022 - 12 - 15

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Is Trump Selling Digital Trading Cards Featuring Himself in ... (Snopes.com)

Advertisment: Claim: After hyping a "major announcement" in December 2022, former President Donald Trump announced he is selling "Donald Trump Digital Trading ...

Unlike fan art you may see elsewhere, these are the first authorized Trump Digital Trading Cards ever created. 15, 2022 — was the release of what he described as "my official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection": My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here! Collect all of your favorite Trump Digital Trading Cards, very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting. President Donald Trump touted what he billed would be a "major announcement" with the teaser "America needs a superhero." The announcement, which was to be made the following day, was pushed by pro-Trump social media accounts to build hype.

Donald Trump Announces $99 Digital Trading Card NFTs (Coindesk)

The edition of 45000 NFTs features the former president in various fantasy costumes and poses. It will be minted on Polygon.

CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of [Digital Currency Group](https://dcg.co/), which invests in [cryptocurrencies](https://dcg.co/#digital-assets-portfolio) and blockchain [startups](https://dcg.co/portfolio/). ["not a fan" of cryptocurrency in July 2019](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/07/12/us-president-donald-trump-says-hes-not-a-fan-of-bitcoin/), he appeared enthusiastic to promote his new collection. [strict set of editorial policies](/ethics/). The site also features a promotional video from Trump, in which he declares "Each card comes with an automatic chance to win amazing prizes like dinner with me. No Trump Digital Trading Card will have more than 20 copies in existence" according to the site. As part of their compensation, certain CoinDesk employees, including editorial employees, may receive exposure to DCG equity in the form of [stock appreciation rights](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sar.asp), which vest over a multi-year period. The tokens, minted on Polygon, cost $99 and can be purchased with ether (ETH) or in fiat currency. At the end of the checkout process, customers are prompted to choose how many Trump Trading Cards they want to purchase. The trading cards will have rarity traits from one-of-ones to "2, 5, 7, or 10 copies. he wrote in a post on his platform. [his](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html) [ questionable 2020 campaign fundraising efforts](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html) and [allegations](https://www.npr.org/2022/06/13/1104648634/january-6-panel-trump-campaign-fundraise-misled-donors-election-lies) [ of murky spending](https://www.npr.org/2022/06/13/1104648634/january-6-panel-trump-campaign-fundraise-misled-donors-election-lies). The pop-up promotes a guaranteed ticket to a gala dinner with Trump for purchasing 45 NFTs at once, as seen in the screenshot below.

Trump Sells $99 NFT Trading Cards of Himself, Confusing Allies (The New York Times)

Money from sales of the digital trading cards, which depict the former president as characters like a superhero and a “Top Gun”-style fighter pilot, ...

Trump” and says that it uses his name, likeness and image “under paid license” from a company called CIC Digital L.L.C., which was formed in April 2021 at an address that matches the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., according to public records. Incentives to buy the cards include entry into a series of sweepstakes to meet Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago is “priceless.” It also indicates that winners of face-to-face meetings will have to cover their own travel and lodging costs to get to Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s head attached to the body. At his 50th birthday party, a cake decorated with a skyline included a cutout of a Superman-like figure with Mr. Trump’s direct pitch for the trading cards underscored how secondary his campaign for president has seemed to his personal efforts over the last month. The company selling the cards, NFT INT L.L.C., was founded in February in Delaware, according to public records. Trump’s aides released, to a friendly Twitter user, a video of the former president in which he makes promises about cracking down on online censorship if he reclaims his old office. Trump under a licensing deal, a fact that some of his aides acknowledged and expressed concern about. Trump had promoted a day earlier as a “major announcement” on his social media website, Truth Social, perplexed some of his advisers and drew criticism from some fellow conservatives. Trump announced an online store to sell $99 digital trading cards of himself as a superhero, an astronaut, an Old West sheriff and a series of other fantastical figures. On Thursday, the former president made himself into one — but with the aim of turning a profit.

Trump Hawks Superhero NFT Trading Cards as Crypto Universe ... (Bloomberg)

Trump said on his Truth Social platform that the “Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection,” can be collected like baseball cards and stored digitally. They ...

Donald Trump Wants to Sell Bizarre NFT 'Trading Cards' of Himself ... (Variety)

The site says 45,000 Trump Digital Trading Cards will be created in the initial series. The NFTs — non-fungible tokens, which verify ownership of a digital ...

“No Trump Digital Trading Card will have more than 20 copies in existence!” the site exclaims. [seeking the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election](https://variety.com/2022/politics/news/donald-trump-2024-run-for-president-1235423466/), announced the launch of the NFTs on Truth Social, the Twitter-like social network he started after he was [kicked off Twitter](https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-bans-donald-trump-1234881689/) and suspended from other internet platforms over his role in the supporting the rioters in the Jan. “Collect all of your favorite Trump Digital Trading Cards, very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting… Another shows Trump in camo gear holding a shotgun, and there’s one of him wearing a red hat with the words “Dow” raising his fists triumphantly in front of a rising stock chart. The NFTs — non-fungible tokens, which verify ownership of a digital asset — are being minted on the Polygon blockchain, which describes itself as “eco-friendly and carbon neutral.” Anyone who purchases 45 or more Trump Digital Trading Cards is “guaranteed” a ticket to attend a “gala dinner” with Trump in Florida, according to the site. The site says 45,000 Trump Digital Trading Cards will be created in the initial series.

Biden mocks Trump's 'major announcement' of digital trading cards (The Hill)

President Biden on Thursday mocked former President Trump for teasing a “major announcement” that turned out to be a new line of digital Trump trading cards ...

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