Offical
A new scam, not radically different from the old scams.
On August 4, two emails regarding “OFFICIAL TRUMP CARDS” were sent by Save America, a joint fundraising committee of Save America and the Make America Great Again PAC.
Each showed four designs and spoke of Trump’s desire for recipients to decide which one should be chosen.
But what are Trump cards? What do they get you?
I think the answer is that they’re just pieces of cardboard with some words on them. They don’t get you anything.
One included a direct message from former President Trump, in which he said: “We are launching our OFFICIAL TRUMP CARDS soon, and my team asked me to select the design. I’ve always said the only voice that matters is YOURS, which is why I want YOU to be the one to pick our brand new card.
“The card you select will be carried by Patriots all around the Country. They will be a sign of your dedicated support to our movement to SAVE AMERICA, and I’m putting my full trust in you.
“I’ll look for your response first thing tomorrow, Friend. Will I see it?”
This card will be carried by Patriots for what purpose? They will be a sign to whom?
According to another mailing they’re special.
“We’re about to launch our Official Trump Cards, which will be reserved for President Trump’s STRONGEST supporters, and we have some very exciting news to share with you,” a message from Save America read.
STRONGEST meaning gave the most $$$ to Trump? Packs the biggest guns? Breaks the most laws?
“We recently met with the President in his Florida office and showed him four designs. Originally we were planning on releasing just one design, but when President Trump saw the cards on his desk, he said, ‘These are BEAUTIFUL. We should let the American People decide – they ALWAYS know best!'”
Within each email people could click on the designs to select which they preferred. Doing so then took them to a donation page where the selected card was shown and “RESPONSE RECORDED!” written.
Can you imagine the thrill??!
After clicking the selection, there was then a form calling for donations to the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee.
The emails did not detail other specific uses for the cards. It was also not specified how they could be obtained or would be allocated. Newsweek has contacted the office of the former president for comment on the cards and their potential usage.
Isn’t that just so radical left, wanting to know what the cards are for and how people can get them and petty shit like that? Make America Great Again!
Each of the proposed cards [was] deep red and gold in color. They all had Trump’s signature on, as well as a space for name and an ID number.
Two featured eagle designs, another had a plain background and the other had a U.S. flag in the background. Each said “Official Trump Card” and was emblazoned with the Save America logo.
One of the card designs had a typo which read “offical” rather than official.
Cool. Nice mashup of offal and fecal.
They don’t scream “Nazi” at all. No no.
What, no bubblegum?
In some card games they’ll win you a trick.
I thought there might be a reference to trump cards in the game of bridge, but no. With the infrastructure bill going through Congress, the bridge contracts are definitely No Trump.
I used to have one of Hillary Clinton’s “Woman” cards. It never served any purpose other than to make me feel like a supporter, and to provide me the means of “playing the woman card” should I have ever had the opportunity to do so. I never did.
Maybe it can be used in lieu of a vaccine card at Trump properties and events. I bet Ted Cruz has one.
On the other hand nothing says “I’m A Moron” like whipping out your Trump card for proof. :P
Seems pretty clear that they consider him the current president. :-(
It’s just fundraising.
Asking supporters to “vote” for the card is like those “voter issue surveys” that the political parties send out. No one is going to tabulate the results of those surveys; they aren’t designed to collect valid survey data. They are just an attempt to engage the supporter and get them to donate.
Getting a Trump card is of a piece with getting an ACLU membership card or a PBS tote bag. A totem that you can have and display to show your support.
There are lots of reasons to be disgusted with Trump and his scams, but this is run-of-the-mill stuff.
Maybe next they’ll start selling Trump belt buckles.
The next step could be simple. when the sucker cliucks on the image of the card, some money will switch accounts from the sucker’s to Trump’s. I betcha.
Steven @ 6 – Well, sure. Of course it’s just fundraising and of course there are worse things about Trump – but I think this is pretty absurd and funny, as well as tacky and sleazy and cheesy and vulgar and Halloween-Nazi-ish.
Also we know what the ACLU and PBS fundraise for but with Trump things aren’t quite so clear.
I doubt an ACLU card has any practical value either. At least you can carry stuff in the PBS tote.
Omar @8 Maybe, or maybe Trump’s secret ninja squad can use them as throwing weapons against those nasty Democrats, or maybe Trump’s secret medical team can use them for emergency surgery, or maybe Trump’s personal chefs can use them to slice hamberders into bite sized pieces for him.
Could be anything really, but they obviously function as proof of substandard intelligence. :P
An ACLU card serves an important purpose. It allows you admission into that elitest of elitey elites: A card-carrying member of the ACLU. So GOP members can sneer at you, and you can feel superior to them.
Good point Ikn (lol), I wonder what other magical powers it has if it’s signed by Chasio!
Doesn’t count if they didn’t have tears in their eyes.
If it’s a sturdy enough plastic, it might be used to scrape dried glue and paint drips off of craft and building projects.
Trump fundraises for Trump. Frankly, I think you’d be better off just flushing your money down a gold plated toilet. Or a gold spray-painted one.
the mark of the beast
Peter N. #7
At least those belt buckles serve as a reminder that you need good mittens when you invade the Soviet Union.
It sure is nice of USA’s biggest idiots and bigots to carry cards proclaiming them so.
Good bit of satire from WaPo: Your Trump Card benefits