Donald Trump speaks at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 7, 2024. Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images)
Donald Trump will host a dinner at his Florida club (and residence) Mar-a-Lago tonight, according to a report from Axios. And while the place is often crawling with the dumbest people on the planet, the air will be even more thick with nonsense this evening. The crowd will be purchasers of Trump’s mugshot-themed NFT collection.
Anyone
who
bought
at
least
47
Trump
NFTs,
priced
at
$99
each—meaning
they
dropped
at
least
$4,653
on
the
digital
tokens—was
invited
to
the
dinner,
Axios
reported.
Attendees
will
also
get
a
small
piece
of
the
suit
Trump
supposedly
wore
when
he
got
arrested
in
Georgia
for
trying
to
overturn
the
2020
election
results.
But
it
gets
even
better.
People
who
bought
at
least
100
NFTs
($9,900)
got
a
“VIP”
invitation
to
a
cocktail
reception
before
dinner.
Those
people
will
not
only
get
a
piece
of
Trump’s
suit
but
also
a
piece
of
the
tie
he
wore.
The inclusion of physical things like pieces of Trump’s suit and tie is kind of funny, given how many NFT evangelists believe non-fungible tokens are supposed to be better than physical goods. But NFTs have always been an inherently ridiculous proposition since they primarily act as little more than pointers to something on the web. In fact, linkrot has completely broken many image-based NFTs since they’re essentially just spicy hyperlinks.
Trump
reportedly
made
somewhere
between
$100,000
and
$1
million
selling
NFTs,
according
to
financial
disclosures
made
in
2023.
Why
the
huge
range?
Because
the
U.S.
doesn’t
have
real
transparency
laws
for
political
candidates,
instead
opting
to
ask
for
ballpark
numbers
from
our
oligarchic
rulers.
Trump,
who’s
currently
on
trial
in
New
York
for
paying
hush
money
to
a
porn
star
in
an
attempt
to
influence
the
2016
election,
doesn’t
need
to
be
in
court
on
Wednesdays,
the
day
that
his
trial
is
in
recess.
And
the
former
president
is
making
good
use
of
his
day
off
by
flying
down
to
Florida
and
rubbing
elbows
with
Trump-loving
NFT
buyers—arguably
the
most
contemptible
people
around.
If
you’re
still
buying
NFTs
in
2024,
we’re
not
quite
sure
what
to
tell
you.
You
deserve
everything
you
get,
especially
if
you’re
giving
money
to
a
fucking
billionaire.
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