There are a lot of issues with the new collection of Donald Trump non-fungible token.
"Hello everyone, this is Donald Trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time," the real estate pariah says in a promo video for the drop, which makes it look like his eyes point in different directions. It's better than Washington with an important announcement to make.
Trump had teased earlier that the drop was a "major announcement".
Ben said "Thank God, the digital trading cards are here" It was definitely a major announcement.
Conservatives were put off by the release online.
One observer wrote that this is one of the cringiest things he's ever seen. I hope Trump jumps the shark.
As the fine print of the site selling these digital reproductions notes, it seems as if some bottom-feeder explained NFTs to the notorious ex-president in terms of collectible baseball cards.
The bottom of the home page of CollectTrumpCards.com states that the company behind the drop is not affiliated with Trump.
The only thing sadder than buying a Trump NFT in a bottomed-out market is knowing that the person behind it paid to use his likeness.
It's not clear who owns the project. Digital sleuths have found that the company's name appears to be a front of sorts that is registered in three different states. The creators of the drop said in the FAQ that the "digital trading cards" have nothing to do with politics.
Despite the fine print, the creators' lack of Trump affiliation may end up going unrecognized by their clearly ignorant target audience, to whom NFTs are explained in terms that would be at home in a Fox News infomercial.
"These are just like baseball cards, but you collect them digitally, on your computer or phone," the drop's website says. You only need an email address and a credit card to begin. Become a member of a new collection.
Along with owning the digital images themselves, Trump Card buyers will be entered to win incredible perks like a "Miami dinner with Donald Trump," a cocktail hour at Mar-A-Lago, group or individual Zoom calls with DJT, according to the site.
If you purchase 45 of the NFTs, you will be guaranteed a ticket to dinner with the man himself. The site doesn't give a lot of information about how these meetings will be arranged.
The Trump NFT drop doesn't seem to be going over well with his followers who were expecting a bigger announcement. The ex-president dropped a "low quality NFT collection video" which pushed people away from the cause.
When NFTs were in a bull market, theMAGA crowd would not be the ideal consumer for these "Trump Cards".
There is a huge list of celebrities accused of taking secret payments.