44,000 copies sold?
Trump trading cards are said to have already sold out – but even his fans are scoffing
Donald Trump in a superhero costume.
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Donald Trump had spoken of a “big announcement”, in the end the former American president then presented a collection of trading cards – at the high price of 99 dollars each. On social media, digital images showing Trump in superhero costume, whether as a racing driver or a boxer, drew much ridicule and criticism, but the “incredible artwork” Trump was touting them was selling out. always like hot cakes among his fans. . At least if you believe the website they were sold on.
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Since Friday, there have been many large banners with the inscription “Sold Out” – sold out. 44,000 of the 45,000 digital images produced, known in technical terms as non-fungible tokens or NFTs for short, have been released for sale, it is said. This would equate to revenues of over $4.3 million. Of course, the information cannot be verified.
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If you look at some of the reactions, however, it seems doubtful that there were actually 44,000 Trump supporters who bought the trading cards: even a number of the ex-president’s prominent supporters voiced massive criticism at towards the campaign. “I can’t watch it again, make it stop,” said right-wing publicist and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, watching Trump’s promotional video for the stickers on his podcast. “Everyone on the communications team and everyone at Mar-a-Lago — and I love the people there — should be fired today,” Bannon said.
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Radio host John Cardillo wrote on Twitter: “I supported Trump for years but this is ridiculous.” It was more than wrong to sell a worthless NFT for $99 a week before Christmas and shortly after the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange. “Calling it an ‘IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT’ is just weird. Who advised him to do that?
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And Baked Alaska, a well-known right-wing extremist convicted of his participation in the Capitol Storm, wrote on Twitter: “I can’t believe I’m going to jail for an NFT seller.”
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