Trump’s shameless money grab: Donald’s anticipated ‘MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT’ turns out to be sweepstake for his $99 Superman baseball cards – as his popularity craters just weeks after announcing 2024 run
- The Trump card will be like a digital version of Pokemon trading cards
- ‘They will be gone, I believe, very quickly!’ Trump wrote on Truth Social
- The collectibles feature him in costumes – including a cowboy and astronaut
Donald Trump left his supporters on the edge of their seats when he touted a ‘major announcement’ just weeks after he revealed his run for president again in 2024.
Speculation swirled that it could be the announcement of a rally after a pause since the midterms or a move that could upend the Republican primaries.
Despite the anticipation, it turned out to be a line of his own digital trading cards, costing $99 each and featuring him in various poses – including Superman and as a cowboy with a hunting rifle.
‘They will be gone, I believe, very quickly!’ Trump wrote on Truth Social.
‘MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!,’ he said. ‘My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here! These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career! Collect all of your favorite Trump Digital Trading Cards, very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting.’
In a video ad for the cards, Trump began: ‘Hello everyone this is Donald Trump – hopefully your favorite president of all time, better than Lincoln, better than Washington, with an important announcement to make. I’m doing my first official Donald J. Trump NFT collection.’
Each card allegedly enters the purchaser into a raffle where they could score dinner with the former president, a golf trip or a Zoom call with him.
‘Buy one and you will join a very exclusive community,’ Trump said.
Above is an image of the new Trump digital collectible card
The release comes as recent polls show Republicans souring on the former president after he portrayed himself as an unserious candidate with a number of recent moves – including dining with Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
‘AMERICA NEEDS A SUPERHERO!’ Trump said along with a clip posted to Truth Social on Tuesday. ‘I will be making a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow. Thank you!’
The clip was a cartoon of himself posing like Superman outside Trump Tower, one of three properties that his legal team had a contractor search in pursuit of additional government material, in part of a Justice Department investigation into a trove of classified documents uncovered at Mar-a-Lago.
That probe is one of multiple challenges Trump is facing on the legal front. Despite a stable of lawyers, a federal judge he appointed in Florida this week finally ended a special master Trump had demanded, after being shot down by an Appeals Court.
Last month the 76-year-old ex-president announced he was running again in 2024, and many had speculated his ‘major announcement’ might be related to his campaign.
Trump has yet to hold a campaign rally since announcing his run, so the tease raised speculation speculation that he could provide an update on his plans to connect with voters as Republicans assess who they want to carry the party banner after the GOP captured the House but lost a seat in the Senate.
Trump got an early jump on 2024 by announcing a run to try to retake the White House – just days after the November elections, when some Republicans blamed the former president for backing candidates like Georgia’s Herschel Walker, who lost.
Now his numbers are starting to slip against DeSantis, the Florida governor.
A new Wall Street Journal poll of likely voters – conducted two years ahead of Election Day 2024 – shows DeSantis in the lead. Among likely primary voters, the poll found that 54 percent favored DeSantis, compared with 38 percent backing Trump.
That lead grows to 30 points among more moderate Republicans, although they tend to be a more marginal force in the primary process.
DeSantis is also viewed more favorably, with 43 percent compared to 36 percent for Trump.
Prominent Republicans came out in droves against the former president’s third run after the party’s lackluster showing in the midterm elections, and even Trump’s staunchest allies have refused to come to his support.
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has included attacks on the former president in his last three weekly press conferences. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy punted on the question on Wednesday.
‘We haven’t talked about that yet,’ he said in a press conference, asked if he planned to endorse Trump after Trump endorsed him for speaker.
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