{"id":1776531,"date":"2022-12-15T13:33:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1776531"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:33:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:33:45","slug":"twitter-has-a-field-day-when-trumps-huge-announcement-turns-out-to-be-trading-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-has-a-field-day-when-trumps-huge-announcement-turns-out-to-be-trading-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Has A Field Day When Trump\u2019s \u2018Huge Announcement\u2019 Turns Out To Be \u2026 Trading Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-has-a-field-day-when-trumps-huge-announcement-turns-out-to-be-trading-cards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1776531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump teased a \u201chuge announcement\u201d this week, but when it turned out to be\u00a0a limited run of digital trading cards featuring Trump\u2019s face on the bodies of superheroes, hilarity ensued on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The former president teased the news in a video, showing himself with lasers coming from his eyes, claiming that America \u201cneeds a superhero.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>He then made the official announcement via his platform Truth Social, declaring the release of a limited series of Trump digital trading cards that were \u201cvery much like a baseball card but hopefully much more exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly $99 each,\u201d Trump continued, adding, \u201cWould make a great Christmas gift! Don\u2019t Wait. They will be gone, I believe, very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump made his big announcement on Truth\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>A \u201cTrump Digital Trading Card\u201d collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dD6Fer1vga\">pic.twitter.com\/dD6Fer1vga<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meridithmcgraw\/status\/1603419655925911554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While no one really knew what to expect from the former president \u2014 who announced his third presidential bid just days after the midterm election \u2014 the explosion of thoughts expressed on Twitter made it clear that a collection of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) was not what anyone had predicted.<\/p>\n<p>Nationally syndicated radio host Dana Loesch came right out and said just that, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1603424377466404865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting<\/a>, \u201cDidn\u2019t have trading cards on the bingo sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Siraj Hashmi mocked the price tag, adding, \u201cFood $200; Data $150; Rent $800;\u00a0Trump NFTs $69,420; Utility $150; someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Food $200<br \/>Data $150<br \/>Rent $800<br \/>Trump NFTs $69,420<br \/>Utility $150<br \/>someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirajAHashmi\/status\/1603439288091295746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He later <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirajAHashmi\/status\/1603442013541744644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commented<\/a>, \u201cThe best gift you can give your loved one this holiday season is an NFT of a meme of a Trump NFT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Red State\u2019s Brandon Morse suggested that Trump should have taken the project a bit further, creating a trading card game instead of just the digital cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t help but think Trump missed out on the opportunity to make Pokemon\/Magic the Gathering-style cards but with modern political entities and events instead of monsters and land. Hold tournaments at rallies. Make high-value collectibles, etc,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can&#8217;t help but think Trump missed out on the opportunity to make Pokemon\/Magic the Gathering-style cards but with modern political entities and events instead of monsters and land. Hold tournaments at rallies. Make high-value collectibles, etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBrandonMorse\/status\/1603440290274197506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a nation going down the toilet, and Donald Trump is selling Pok\u00e9mon cards. No thanks. And those of you with your secret decoder ring trying to figure out why need to STFU,\u201d The Blaze\u2019s Chad Prather <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatchChad\/status\/1603439644695306241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Five-Thirty-Eight Editor-in-Chief Nate Silver raised a different question altogether, asking whether Trump was really running for president in 2024 and arguing that he wasn\u2019t actually doing any of the things that a serious candidate would be doing in the wake of such an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Trump actually running for president? I mean I know he\u2019s officially \u2018running for president\u2019 but he\u2019s not actually doing almost any of the things that you\u2019d expect a candidate to do when they\u2019re running for president,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He also has plausible reasons to *officially* have declared even if he hasn&#8217;t yet decided whether to run an effortful campaign: 1) may deter prosecution; 2) gets him more media coverage; 3) keeping his foot in the door may deter GOP from coalescing on an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateSilver538\/status\/1603445853208731648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Silver went on t0 suggest that Trump could have simply declared his run for the White House in an effort to keep the GOP from coming together around anyone else and to keep his name in the media. Not only that, but he said it could ostensibly be used as a shield against any possible prosecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump teased a \u201chuge announcement\u201d this week, but when it turned out to be\u00a0a limited run of digital trading cards featuring Trump\u2019s face on the bodies of superheroes, hilarity ensued on Twitter. 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