Donald Trump put a twist on his most recent nft sales pitch and discovered a new method to profit from his controversial mugshot.
The former president of the United States has released a new deck of digital trading cards That will allow his fans to purchase a piece of the suit he wore during his most recent arrest, as well as have dinner with him.
Trump said Tuesday that he would resell nft digital trading cards, a product he first introduced in late 2022, for $99, and that pieces of the suit he wore for the photo will be available for purchase.
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Bonuses from previous Trump nft releases included the opportunity to attend a gala dinner with the president and take Zoom calls.
The former US president is selling pieces of the suit he wore for his mugshot in Fulton County, Georgia, where he has been charged for his alleged attempts to overturn the results of a democratic election. pic.twitter.com/wOQhRih5mI
—Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) December 12, 2023
On the website announcing the delivery of NFTs and additional items, Trump refers to the suit he wore as “the most historically significant artifact in American history.”
He admitted he wasn't as cool as they made him out to be and said some people refer to his trading cards as “pop art” or “contemporary art.”
“I wish I looked as good as I do on these cards (…) they give me muscles that, believe me, I don't have,” Trump said.
And here there is more. A unique trading card featuring a snippet of Trump's suit and a piece of his photo tie will be yours if you're among the first 200 people to purchase 100 digital trading cards using bitcoin in a single transaction, equivalent to over $10,000 in Trump NFTs .
His photograph was taken on August 24 in an Atlanta jail, where Trump was being held on state charges of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.
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Trump has pleaded not guilty to the felony charges.
Trump's nft surge: 'non-political cards'
The current offer states that the cards are “non-political and have nothing to do with any political campaign,” much like the first round of card sales.
With the introduction of the “Mugshot Edition,” the trading volume of Trump's first digital trading card set, which was released in December 2022, increased by more than 200% in the past day.
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— CollectTrumpCards (@CollectTrump) December 12, 2023
OpenSea data shows that although the 24-hour spike is notable, the total volume was recorded below $100,000.
nft INT LLC, which has a licensing agreement with Trump to use his name and likeness, produces and sells the cards.
Trump said the digital card offer for 2022 sold out in a matter of hours. He later claimed to have made between $100,000 and $1 million from the sale. In April he issued a second set of 47,000 cards.
According to records made public by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Trump has previously been named manager, president, secretary and treasurer of CIC Digital LLC.
These records from August revealed that the former president has earned at least $4.9 million from nft licensing fees and owns up to $5 million in ether.
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