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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA thought about Trump's cards, and maybe he's smarter than what we thought?
I've been reading a lot of stories about the cards, and some have pointed out that he's not actually producing the cards but doing one of those deals where he licenses his image for a cut. It's through a company incorporated in Delaware which is done a lot by companies wanting to keep things private, and cryptocurrency stuff like NFTs are also used for privacy. Could this be a money laundering or some other scam other than the obvious grift?
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)For the grift.
ananda
(28,894 posts)Everything Trump and family do is grifty (sic).
FakeNoose
(32,866 posts)There's no start-up cost at all. He doesn't even have to pay a printer to print them.
Frasier Balzov
(2,677 posts)He's sure to wring every last royalty he can out of his old school commemorative plates too.
Trump's sense of capitalism is greater than his respect for the dignity of his former office. A blind spot in the self-awareness department.
bucolic_frolic
(43,465 posts)relayerbob
(6,561 posts)He could well be trying to move in the earnings from the classified documents. Would love to see the customer list and how many each bought.
Deuxcents
(16,427 posts)lame54
(35,344 posts)dalton99a
(81,683 posts)brush
(53,971 posts)They're both crimes. And NFTs are worthless, nothing, online images. They are not art you can hold in your hand and hang on a wall, or cards as in baseball cards you can collect.
And trump is late to the NFT scam which has just about vanish from the scene because of the above reasons. His wife tried the NFT scam last year but failed, also for the same reasons above.
Most people know by now, except the most gullible fools-and-their-money-are-soon-parted crowd.
GoCubsGo
(32,100 posts)But, you're not alone in wondering if money laundering is also going on here. I'm not sure how they'd launder that money exactly, but the whole thing stinks bigly.
MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)Is he just going to funnel campaign donations to buy these things as prizes.
Side step campaign rules.