Ron DeSantis Paved the Way for Trump's NFT Money Grab

[Zorro]

Earlier this year DeSantis rolled out a collection of trading cards using photos from his days as a baseball player at Yale. Trump’s newest project is more of the same.

If he were not Donald Trump, you could almost feel sorry for him.

His “big announcement” on Thursday that he is selling virtual trading cards of himself as a fantasy superhero was ridiculous enough—but it turns pathetic when compared to Gov. Ron DeSanits’ sale seven months ago of actual trading cards of himself as a bona fide college baseball star.

The half-dozen Trump images now on sale are so bizarre that they can be taken as a parody of a narcissistic loser’s imaginings. The cost is $99, for which the buyer only receives a digital assurance that this “perfect gift for Christmas” is a “non-fungible” NFT.

The lone image on the cards sold by the DeSantis for Governor campaign in May features an iconic shot of a baseball hero taking a mighty swing that made him Rookie of the Year as a Yale freshman, ending with a .336 batting average as a senior. The 500 “limited edition Gov. DeSantis classic baseball cards” were priced at $49. The buyer received an actual card just like kids have been collecting and trading for decades.

There were also 10 numbered “relic” cards autographed by DeSanits. These were sold at auction, with six of them each going for the $3,000 maximum—set by a limit for individual campaign contributions. The other four went for at least $1,650.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-paved-the-way-for-donald-trumps-nft-money-grab

Is this a case of monkey see, monkey do?

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. To me more along the lines of ButtWipe see ButtWipe do.

[iemanja]

2. Both are pathetic

[usonian]

3. Yale? Ain't that where smart-ass Yankee folks go to jeer at us regular folk?

Asking for a buddy.