‘Punked’: Trump Unveils His ‘MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT’ And It Lands With A Thud

Former President Donald Trump teased a “major announcement” on Wednesday night. It was a big production complete with a grainy animation of Trump, who is currently running to regain his old job, shooting lasers out of his eyes and ripping open a button-down shirt to reveal a Superman-style costume complete with a gleaming “T” on his muscled chest. 


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1442325

Some major talent will be on this board in a few. Try to be erudite…

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I first read the price as 99 cents each, and I thought, “that’s a little steep.”

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The card that should have made the cut…

If he eats one more
Pie a la mode
Then he will have
His own Zip Code!

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Pathetic.

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Does he realize how laughable this is? Is it because he doesn’t have vanky around to temper this shit and Mel either doesn’t care or doesn’t know. Sweet jeebus

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I remember being around age 5, tying a bath towel around my neck, and jumping off the back step as a pretend super hero. That pretense may have been adorable. this one is not.

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Even Michael Biundo, a veteran New Hampshire strategist and former senior advisor to Trump’s 2016 campaign, expressed disappointment with the launch on Twitter.

“I know this will anger some in Trump world but come on!” Biundo wrote. “Can we all just admit this is not great for Donald Trump’s first major announcement since announcing he’s running again? I kinda of feel like we are being punked."

Well, if a former advisor from the '16 campaign feels like this, I’d say we are indeed being punked. (As if that wasn’t also the case back in 2016, but that goes without saying.)

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OK, are they even NFTs (procedurally generated and at least somewhat unique)?

EDIT: OK, found more details and they are NFTs because there are only 45000.

Or is this just Garbage Pail Kids?

Some laughable examples to go with SuperTrump:





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Behold, when desperate tragedy morphs into grifting comedy. WTF??

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Just remember that people stupid enough to buy this are also stupid enough to buy those Trump images!

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So if these are really just JPEGs, doesn’t that mean that everyone can get the “authentic” images for free the moment someone posts them on the Internet?

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Liberte, egalite, crudite, erudite!

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Aw crap! You had to go and spill the beans now and spoil it for everyone! :rofl:

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I found more details. They are actually NFTs, there’s only 45000 of them being “minted”.

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A day or so ago, Bill Krystol floated the idea of Dump announcing** a run for Speaker of the House.

That brought a reaction, albeit mostly brushing it off.

Now we see why… :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

** the so-called “announcement” today

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It would have been in character for Trump to scam his followers/have been scammed by whoever actually created them.

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Rejected cards.

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The former president is launching this initiative at the tail end of the boom in NFTs

That tail is more a skid mark.

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Don’t make eye contact.
Don’t make eye contact.
image

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