Donald Trump is running for President of the United States. And yet, he took time away from that to make a “major” announcement.
That announcement was…..less than major.
In his first significant public move since opening his 2024 presidential campaign last month, Mr. 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. He made his pitch in a brief, direct-to-camera video in which he audaciously declared that his four years in the White House were “better than Lincoln, better than Washington.”
He really said that he was “better than Lincoln, better than Washington” in the rollout video.
Just watching him talk in the video. Trump usually is the type of person who believes his own bullshit and even he doesn’t think that this is going to work.
Trump rolling out an NFT is pretty typical Trump, however:
A product with Trump’s name plastered all over it? Check.
A product that promotes an air of exclusivity because it’s tied to the Trump name? Check.
The product having nothing to do with Trump whatsoever because he already pocketed his end of the money in a licensing arrangement with the company actually selling the product? Check.
On top of all of that, Trump rolls this out ten days before Christmas, one month into his Presidential campaign, on the same day the January 6th Committee met to discuss criminally referring him to the Department of Justice and more than six months after the NFT bubble burst.
It literally boggles the mind how this offer was presented to Trump in the first place, never mind the fact that he signed the contract and it was allowed to be rolled out during a Presidential campaign. Just goes to show you that only the lowest of the low are left on the Trump Train these days.
I mean, even convicted criminal Steve Bannon thinks this is nuts:
The former White House chief strategist wasn’t impressed by Trump’s latest business opportunity for his followers based on comments he made on his “War Room” show.
In fact, it seems like Trump’s NFT announcement may have been the straw that broke Bannon’s back because he said, frankly, “I can’t do this anymore.”
Bannon thought heads should roll for getting what he called “one of the greatest presidents in history” involved with the NFTs.
“I gotta tell you: whoever–what business partner and anybody on the comms team and anybody at Mar-a-Lago – and I love the folks down there – but we’re at war. They oughta be fired today,” he said.
For once, Bannon has a valid point.
No doubt Trump NFTs will join Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Ice, Trump Vodka, Trump Airlines, Trump: The Game, and Trump Mortgages among others as failed Trump business enterprises.
It’s ludicrous to me that Trump, the former President of the United States AND a candidate for President of the United States, has reached such a nadir that he is now resorting to hawking NFT’s like just another dweeb on the internet. But it says more about Trump’s prestige, financial status and political viability than he would care to admit.