Do you think NFTs are over? Well, not for Donald Trump. We had a good laugh back in December when the former US president launched a set of NFT trading cards featuring his own face photoshopped onto various unlikely bodies. The collection could not have been more cruel. Or so we thought.
But Trump has just trumped his own artistic low by following up with another NFT drop. A total of 47,000 pieces have been sold out in hours. And yes, one of them does indeed show Trump standing behind a flaming lion plunging toward the globe. (Confused? our ‘What is an NFT’ guide can help.)
The NFT boom of 2021 saw all manner of shenanigans exposed as crypto “art”, but anyone who might have hoped that the market crash in the middle of crypto winter would send the worst behind them together will have been disappointed. It was hard to believe that Donald Trump’s NFT trading cards were real. But they were real, and now there are more. Much, much more.
To celebrate his release back to Instagram after the ban in 2021, Trump used his first posts to announce a new series of what he describes, with trademark modesty, as “the greatest trading card in history” featuring “amazing artwork by me”. And he didn’t even raise the price. For just $99 a piece, collectors could own a very, very strange little piece of history.
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The surreal digital collages depict Trump doing everything from barbecuing to taking over the planet. He is shown as a golden chess piece, a lion tamer, a surfer riding a wave made of cash, a king of hearts playing cards and even as George Washington.
The collection sold out in less than a day, although you can buy posters, mugs and rugs (opens in a new tab) with some of the designs, should you be inclined. Investors in Trump’s first fall may not be so impressed. The value of the first series of NFTs, estimated to have given Trump up to $1 million, has fallen as a result of the new release.
Terrible art aside, Trump’s successful downfall seems to show that the NFT market is still alive and kicking. At least it’s something. See our section on how to create and sell an NFT if you want to get started yourself.
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