The Trump cards website claims they sold all 45,000 offerings in the first 24 hours. So apparently it was a money laundering operation. Right out in the open, with maximum publicity, by a former president. Also it appears they stole a bunch of unlicensed stock photos and clothing catalog images, and then awkwardly photoshopped them - including not-quite removing watermarks. (I had assumed they were AI generated, with some minimal over-painting, because they’re so awkward, but no, it’s even dumber than that.) The reality is so ridiculous and stupid, you just can’t parody it. The SNL skit is, in some ways, less ridiculous than the reality.
Yep. And apparently there were supposed to be a certain number of distinct cards, but some of them were the same as well. In addition, a number of people who actually bought these things couldn’t even access them. It was all pretty low-effort, which makes sense if it was always intended to be a money laundering operation.
