Trump Trading Cards account is also used to buy erotic art
The online profile that sold Donald Trump’s non-fungible token (NFT) collection has also traded in sexually explicit art.
The TrumpDeployer account, which housed the former president’s “digital trading cards” on the NFT trading platform OpenSea, is also being used to buy other online collectibles that are pornographic.
In addition to more traditional NFTs, such as those from the popular Bored Ape Club, the TrumpDeployer account has traded several NFTs with an account called Freiburg, which sells “erotic art” featuring naked women and penetrative sex.
According to data available on the OpenSea website, the TrumpDeployer account has traded 14 erotic NFTs since it was set up nearly three weeks ago.
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It is unclear who is behind the TrumpDeployer account, and there is nothing preventing them from trading other NFTs while selling those of the former president.
A Q&A section on the website Collect Trump Cards says money raised from the sale of the online tokens, drawn by illustrator Clark Mitchell, will not be used for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
The website Collect Trump Cards adds that the company behind the cards, NFT INT LLC, “is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. Trump or The Trump Organization” and that they were created using Trump’s name, likeness and image under a paid license.
Trump was widely mocked for teasing a “big announcement” that later turned out to be NFTs of him dressed in a variety of guises such as a cowboy and astronaut.
Despite this, the 45,000 Trump Trading Cards sold for $99 on December 17 sold out within hours, raising nearly $4.5 million in the process.
However, their value has fallen from their opening day high.
According to the Decrypt website, citing data from OpenSea, the lowest prices Trump Trading Cards sold just after they sold out on December 17 were 0.84 Etherum, or about 10 times the original sale price of about $990.
By December 29, some Trump Trading cards were being sold on OpenSea for just 0.15 ETH, or around $180.
Speaking on One American News Network, Trump insisted that moving into the world of NFTs was not about money.
“I didn’t look at it as an investment. I looked at it as — I thought they were cute. For $99 you get these visions that are very beautiful and interesting, I think, and I looked at it that way much more than as an NFT,” Trump said on Dec. 20.
OpenSea has been contacted for comment.
