You know where certain Republicans draw the line when it comes to Donald Trump. For Liz Cheney, it was when the then-president urged his more manic followers to overthrow the government. For Steve Bannon -- Trump's Hermann Goering -- it was when his once-and-forever leader started hawking digital trading cards of himself. And that's likely because Bannon was thinking, Damn, I wish I had suggested this a year ago before this stupid NFT scam peaked!
But Bannon's hasn't really joined the "fool me twice" brigade. For, as usual with Trump worshippers, it's the fault of the guy's advisors. They have to say that, because for the last six years they've been assuring us what a genius the guy is. If these apostles suddenly switched gears, it would be tantamount to admitting that not only were they were wrong, they were in on the grift to begin with. (Anyone remember Bannon's "build the wall" money scam?)
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| Hey, I downloaded eight images for free! Who's the genius now? |
voters stupid. Fine. But can we call Trump voters who pay 99 bucks each for non-existent trading cards stupid? Are they so computer unsavvy that they're unable to download the images from the cards' website?
Apparently so! I just went on there to check it out for myself, and there's a big SOLD OUT warning on every page. Maybe Bannon and company are correct in thinking of Trump a genius.
The people who bought -- well, I was going to say "these things" but they don't really exist -- these ether images were also pulled in by the chance of "winning" all sorts of goodies, including dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. I bet they didn't look at the fine print that states that the purchaser is responsible for all costs involved, from airline tickets to room charges to food bill to, if necessary, new clothes for the occasion.
And you have to buy 45 "cards" to be guaranteed a seat at the table. That alone comes to $4,455. If you drop that kind of scratch to rub fat, dry, Neo-Nazi-loving elbows with Trump, you are no longer allowed to complain about "Biden's high food prices", "Biden's high gas costs," and the like.
Perhaps these poor deluded people are under the impression that the NFTs are an investment no-brainer. Well, they're the no-brainers. Because the not so fine print reminds us that the ether cards "are intended as collectible items for individual enjoyment only, not for investment vehicles" -- not once, not twice, but three times on the site's first page.
If that's not enough of a warning, there's also this statement on the bottom in even smaller font: NFT INT LLC is not owned, managed, or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Digital LLC or any of their respective principals or affiliates.
In layman's terms, this means that once you discover that you've been had again by Trump, he's not responsible. The lawyers defending him for trying to overthrow the government are the biggest morons to ever graduate from law school, but, damn, the ones he's got keeping out of trouble ahead of time know what they're doing.
This is another chance to ask if Trump voters are indeed stupid. They always remind us that only a genius could be a billionaire. But if he's so darned rich, why are you giving him money every time he asks? Give Mike Bloomberg credit: he refused to accept a dime of anybody's money when he ran -- and won -- three successful campaigns for Mayor of New York, and one unsuccessful try at president in 2020. That's because he's a real billionaire. And he doesn't have idiot adult offspring on the payroll.
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