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Saturday Night Live came out with one last jab at former President Donald Trump, after the former commander-in-chief had a rough week introducing an NFT line that the SNL parody claimed: “It looks like a scam and in many ways, it is”.
The show, which aired its final episode before the Christmas holidays, took aim at Trump’s widely mocked attempt to develop a line of non-fungible tokens earlier this week, even suggesting he could create one with him dressed as Jessica Rabbit.
Trump, portrayed as he has been in recent years by James Austin Johnson, with a Christmas-style introduction saying that he is “the only person who can really remind us what the holiday season is all about.”
Johnson repeated Trump’s introduction more or less word for word, saying, “This is Donald Trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time.” Better than [Abraham] lincoln better than [George] Washington’ before improvising ‘better than Ezra’ in reference to the 1990s alternative rock band.
Saturday Night Live came out with one last jab at former President Donald Trump, after the former commander in chief had a rough week delivering an NFT line, performed by James Austin Johnson.
The show, which aired its final episode before the Christmas holidays, took aim at Trump’s widely mocked attempt to develop a line of non-fungible tokens earlier this week, even suggesting he could create one with him dressed as Jessica Rabbit.
Trump then showed the randomness of the cards, with him in Titanic and Matrix poses, on the cover of a romance novel, melting Joe Biden’s ice cream or even as the famous Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Johnson’s Trump began the five-minute long cold open by referring to NFTs as “nifties,” saying, “They call them nifties because they’re so good.”
He then said the cards are $99 because the whole thing “seems like a scam, and in a lot of ways it is.”
The sketch then veered off to Trump trying to make it clear that these weren’t Pokemon cards, but that they could use them to battle each other.
He also joked that anyone who bought one would get a chance to pick “something from this nice box,” before showing off the box of classified files found after the Mar-a-Lago raid.
The fake Trump joked that anyone who bought one would get a chance to get “something out of this nice box,” before showing off the box of classified files found after the Mar-a-Lago raid.
Trump then showed off the randomness of the cards, with him posing for things like Trump on the cover of a romance novel.
This haunting photoshop of Johnson’s Trump replacing Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic was also for sale
Trump even introduced himself as Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
‘Look at the legs on her!’ he exclaimed. ‘Maybe I’d be dating her if it wasn’t me.’
After that, Mikey Day and outgoing cast member Cecily Strong appeared as Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, selling CDs of the former Fox News host singing titled, “That’s What Nobody Calls Music.”
The sketch ended with Trump rambling on various topics, including Christmas, Ron DeSantis, the Grinch, and Avatar before shouting out the show’s catchphrase: “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!”
Trump announced Friday that he had sold all 4,500 digital cards, which he had promoted earlier in the week.
Open sea, an online marketplace, was tracking nearly 12,000 sales, as NFTs were traded. Most owners had only one item, but some owned more than 50.
A Trump NFT features Trump Tower in the background. The former president announced that he had sold his NFT digital cards
Trump expanded his promotional machine this week to promote an ‘IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT’, which turned out to be a scheme to sell digital superhero cards bearing his likeness, at the $99 fee for himself, and not for his month-long campaign. to retake the White House.
Trump’s ‘limited edition’ trading cards are already sold out, according to the website he promoted on Truth Social. But even visitors who missed out on getting a digital NFT of Trump dressed as a superhero, outlaw, sunglasses-wearing astronaut, or corporate titan surrounded by gold bullion have a chance to enter the contest.
Like other companies or entities that want to conduct a sweepstakes, a “game of chance,” Trump is required by federal and state law to allow individuals to enter for free by providing an alternate method of entry, and must disclose the winners. .
The fine print for a “no purchase necessary” guarantee in Trump’s contest lists a mailing address in Newark, New York, a small town between Syracuse and Buffalo. There, a letter containing a stamped envelope and your address can win anyone a single entry (except Vermont, where you don’t have to provide postage).
Teri Pierce of the National Sweepstakes Company said the firm was handling the free entries. It is located in a single-story commercial building next to a Great Wall Buffet and Bee-Tee’s Diner.
“Some consumers may think I don’t even have a chance to win, they can still win,” he told DailyMail.com.
Above is a picture of Trump’s new digital collectible card, which is $99
Another has Trump surrounded by gold bars bearing his name. But the building of the company that runs the lottery is a shack in upstate New York.
Two versions of Trump’s trading cards. Purchases also include an email to enter a raffle.
Anyone can participate in the draw, even without buying a digital card. the cards are sold out
It appears that an entity called CIC Digital LLC was created for the sale of NFTs
The company has also held giveaways for some identifiable customers nationally.
The fine print in Trump’s digital trading card agreement also lists the “sponsor” as another company, NFT INT, LLC. Sponsor is registered as an LLC incorporated in Delaware.
A disclaimer, which is based on an independent operation, states that, ‘Sponsor is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Digital LLC or any of their respective directors or affiliates. Sponsor uses the name, likeness and likeness of Donald J. Trump under license from CIC Digital LLC, whose license may be terminated or revoked in accordance with its terms.
That suggests the Trump entity created for the NFT project is CIC Digital LLC, which was also incorporated in Delaware in March 2022. According to the New York Times, it was also incorporated in April 2021 with an address matching Trump’s. International Golf Club. in West Palm Beach, Florida. The firm lists Nick Luna, a former Trump White House adviser, as a director.
NFTs are non-fungible tokens, digital creations that can be sold and traded.
NFT INT, LLC lists an address in Park City, Utah that appears to be located in a strip mall located off I-80. It appears to be in or next to a UPS store, with other neighbors including a steam company, an Asian bistro, and a mattress store.
DailyMail.com has contacted both LLCs for comment.
Trump had promoted digital cards online. They will be gone, I think, very soon! he wrote in Truth Social, in a prediction that turned out to be accurate.
The terms of the sweepstakes, which shoppers enter when they purchase a card, though they can also enter for free, reveal that total prizes are $54,695. Some prizes, such as a 30-minute meeting with Trump as part of a group of 200 people, are listed as having a value between ‘$0/Priceless’.
At least one prominent figure in the Trump world is rejecting the ploy.
“I can’t do this anymore,” said former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. “He’s one of the best presidents ever, but I have to tell you: whoever, what business partner and anybody on the communications team and anybody at Mar-a-Lago, and I love the people there, but we’re at war. They should be fired today.
Bannon started at the Right Side Broadcasting Network after the big Trump reveal. He was sentenced in October to four months in prison following his conviction for contempt of congressional charges.