Freeper reactions to TFG's superhero cards...

[Rachel M at 6 pm]

This is virtually every response. I didn't cherry-pick these. (I found just a couple of positive responses.)

I think my favorite is, "It's like the political version of suicide by cop."

(No link. It's Free Republic)

Ummmmmmm....... what?

This is just so f******g dumb. Really? This is his big announcement?

You know what. I'm done. Walking away.

Uh, I joked yesterday that the "Major Announcement" would be akin to the leg lamp "Major Award" from A Christmas Story.

Guess I wasn't far off.

Beats signing autographs for 5 bucks.

The Ye/Milo/Fuentes thing is still kind of reeking too...not aging well TBH...

Wow... just wow.

Is this supposed to be a joke? The country is falling apart, desperate for some good news, and the major announcement is trading cards? I love Trump, but this is really causing me to wonder what he’s thinking.

Not interested.

Next man up?

THAT'S the Big Announcement?!

Come on, this must be a (bad) joke. Please tell me this is not real news.

Drink more Ovaltine

what's worse is that they're digital, so no physical cards.... just NFT

This. Is. Hilarious.

(And very, very sad.)

Speechless.

Seriously?

Cringe worthy.

Ok, explain to me how this advances the cause?

Wait. What? My guess was that Trump's "major announcement" due today was going to be his 2024 VP pick, or perhaps the uncovering of a smoking gun from the 2020 election.

So either this is the Babylon Bee or I’m done with Trump. Thank you for your service, but I’m moving on.

I'd previously thought "DeSanctimonious" was the moment he jumped the shark.

Clearly, I was wrong.

It advances HIS cause. No other cause will be helped.

Embarrassing

YGBSM

Lol yeah sure either that or just bilking his dwindling base of delusional followers, who rationalize every embarrassment like battered housewives. This guy has jumped the shark so hard he's in space.

Please release the Kraken, Mr. Trump. I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting...

I’m sorry, but this trading card thing at $99 is a bit ridiculous. There must be something substantive he's preparing.

Pathetic.
His ego is bigger than Obama's.

what a loser.

Please tell me this isn't real.

Trump thinks this is a good idea? It looks idiotic.

It trivializes the cause, his contributions to it as well as his presidency. It's appropriate for high school student council presidency.

Is a bubble gum card? Yeah, that's how you demonstrate saving America is a big deal.

The guy's a moron.

It's just a very bad idea and he should have known better. Disappointing.

I am at a loss of whether I should laugh or cry

Yesterday I considered he was going to announce that he would support whoever the party says....

Then I thought....

When did Trump support anyone other than himself?

Satire? I certainly hope so...

So am I. No way can I support this nonsense. We need a serious minded person to take over the movement from here out.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

Not even an actual card you could stuff in you mother-in-law's stocking as a gag. I want any Freeper who is dipshit enough to actually pay for this to speak up now so I can make my own "digital trading cards."

There's no evidence anywhere that he intended this as a troll job, but if he did, he's trolling everyone, not just the left. And most people don't like to be trolled.

So...what's the goal of this? To cause even more people to eyeroll him? How does this possiy benefit his 2024 campaign?

It sounds like Trump may have TDS himself?

Are you effing kidding me! People can't put gas in their cars and he's hawking trading cards. I am not amused!

It sounds like Trump may have TDS himself?

That made me laugh. This is the kind of thing his enemies would do as a joke to mock him for being narcissistic. And he just handed it to them.

It's like the political version of suicide by cop.

They have broke him. If he is doing this just to annoy the left, fine. But you can’t be a serious candidate and do this crap. Our Country is in seriously bad shape.

Yesterday, people were wondering if Trump was going to announce he wasn’t going to run. I guess he just did just that.

It’s as if he is announcing to the world that he thinks we are suckers. It’s as if he was sitting around saying, "I could get them to buy anything."

This is beyond sad.

NFT only, and you get a random card. You can't specify which card you get, so even if you bought enough cards for them all, you could end up with duplicates.

I predicted a leg lamp yesterday, and I turned out to be right!

What a joke. I'm officially a DeSantis guy now.

Or more precisely... "the sort of thing you would do when you are completely out of ideas.."

I was telling everyone I know that he would be announcing his VP choice (Kari Lake?) with a joint appearance. And then this...our nation is disintegrating, on life support, and he's hawking $99 trading cards?! WTH?!

Apart from what a laughably stupid announcement it is politically after the build up, love that it's garbage even by the standard of digital trading cards which are the dumbest thing in the world. At least give the Kool-Aid drinkers a nice shiny Topps card to put by their shrine.

I’m done.

I really believe the 'campaign' is just about donations and legal matterd timing.

DeSantis is the way to go.

Trump just commits unforced error after unforced error.

No Trump has gone full retard. This kind of chit is not helpful. Honestly I just don’t get it. Tone deaf is not Trump's normal behavior.

Trump is only a "real chance" if he could get re-elected. Not gonna happen.

His sad obsession with 2020 has devolved into hocking digital trading cards. He has no fire in his belly to be president again. He will not be the GOP nominee. I am cautiously optimistic it won’t be DeSantis either. No coronations. Trump had his time to ensure he was setup for a successful rematch in 2024 and at nearly every critical turn went down the wrong road. It’s disheartening but he couldn’t pull it together. His time is up.

The best strategy from any Republican asked about Trump is to pivot to the issues.

I think a leg lamp would be more practical.

Disappointed isn’t nearly a strong enough term for this literal self immolation.

The fact that anyone thinks this is some form of infinite D chess and applauds this behavior are complete cultists.

I donated way above the maximum to both runs, and now he has basically gone off the deep end. The absolute clown show that was the attempt at stopping the steal seemed comic book like at the time. Now I get it.

Thankfully we will now have a real primary season to find and actual candidate.

Thank you for your service Mr President. Enjoy your retirement, please.

Trump's lost his mind, man!

Now let's see how many people stick with him.

ROTFLMAO!!!

Today is going to be a good day.

Ron DeSantis '24.

Selling NFTs right after the mother of all crypto ponzie schemes was just exposed is beyond horrible timing.

This is stupid, but whatever.

My theory: Trump announced his candidacy to keep the Democrat-political prosecutors at bay until a Republican can take over. Smart move. But stuff like this says to me that he's not serious about running in 2024.

Where there be one with Trump in Sheriff Joe pink prison garb?

Trump appears to be solving the 'Deep State's' problem all by himself.

It’s over. It’s been over since March 2020. Stop treating Trump like a cult of personality. That's what the leftists do.

This is just silly. Trump is done. DeSantis is our guy going forward.

I might be able to find some Garbage Pail Kids cards.

I’m legitimately having a problem digesting this as reality.

I think "trading cards" is about to replace “jump the shark” in the vernacular.

I'll tell you, as much as I scoffed at "Javanka," it's now become clear the important role that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump played and why now their absence is sorely missed.

In short, they kept the stupid at bay.

The moment Trump moved into the Oval Office, Jared and Ivanka moved in to the West Wing, fired all the MAGA people, and kept the crazies away from Trump.

Trump might not have known who Nick Fuentes was but Jared and Ivanka sure as hell did and there would've been no dinner with Kanye West at Mar-A-Lago if they were still advising him.

And there most certainly would not have been today's "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!" as Trump put it.

Maybe he's setting the groundwork for an insanity defense if he's charged with anything. Because the decision to green light this would be a pretty damn good piece of evidence that he’s gone 'round the bend.

Yep, skip on this.

So insanely ridiculous. A president of all people doing this. The jokes write themselves.

THIS is BEYOND PSTUPID!!! I thought TRUMPY BEAR was awful....now THIS TOPS IT for TACKINESS!

That was my thought. If he isn’t DELIBERATELY setting up an insanity defense, any good lawyer ought to recommend it to him...

Trump used the word 'art' in hawking this.

Hunter uses that very same word in pushing his bling.

No 'art' of the deal for a second term, for me.

The 'new, improved, Trumpy Bear', will now have a pouch for 'depends' instead of the flag.

Is he auditioning to join the Village People?

I love Trump, but this is really causing me to wonder what he’s thinking.

He thinks you're a gullible mark who will give him money for nothing just because he spouts some ideas you want to hear.

Cannot possibly be true.

This is embarrassing.

*Flame suit on* Stick. Fork. Done. WTF, has he lost it completely? Nothing like making yourself a laughing stock. What, No Saturday morning cartoon show to go along with this? Who in the heck is advising him now????

I never thought it would be possible for someone to make brain dead poopy pants seem "presidential". Trump succeeded in that today. Step outside this echo chamber - the world is laughing really hard at Super Trump.

You need a transmission system to get your mind in gear in the first place, and to keep your mind in gear going forward.

Wonders whether his mental transmission is
now slipping...

...could be a total loss...

He seems to have developed a tin ear...

NFT? No Fucking Thanks...

HELL YEAH BRUH! I’m going to go see my finance guy about a second mortgage and grab these things up! They'll be worth a fortune some day, especially after the real truth comes out and Trump is reinstated!

Trump has just proven right every liberal that called him an insane egotistical jackass. The funniest thing is you moved this out of news. Ban me, I don’t care. This is the craziest thing he could do.

That's not all. It's just where I stopped copying. The outrage, the mocking and the remorse go on and on and on...

[Effete Snob]

1. I hope they have plenty of Ovaltine

[Cherokee100]

32. Onion

This is from 'Onion', right?

[SergeStorms]

46. That was my favorite reply on FR.

They've finally "woke" to the fact that their hero is nothing but a con-artist.

Hell, it only took them 7 years. Not bad, for a Freeper!

[Effete Snob]

93. There and a lot of places

It was the first thing that a lot of people thought of, because it resonates so strongly with that moment.

And, what's great about it, is that you really feel for the kid, because at one point in time, you were that kid. Until a lot of your wide-eyed wonder at the world started having to reckon with some of the cold, hard realities of it.

But it is not a tragedy that your hopes were dashed. It is a victory that you grew wiser.

[SergeStorms]

101. For Freepers....

it only means projecting all of their hate and anger onto another candidate. Wiser? Maybe, but it hasn't made them any nicer, rest assured.

[COL Mustard]

115. These are the people who see

"2-4 years" on the side of a jigsaw puzzle box and are proud when they finish it in only 2 weeks!

[SergeStorms]

119. 🤣

Good one. 👍

[Joinfortmill]

129. Rofl

[lanlady]

94. The Ovaltine comment had me laughing out loud

That was my favorite comment. Poor freepers. Having to admit we libtards were right all along about Trump.

[SergeStorms]

120. They don't know...

we're looking in on them, but they'd never admit to being wrong to one of we "libtards".

[caraher]

133. Same here

Kind of a reminder that even folks way on the wrong side of politics can be witty

[Thomas Hurt]

2. I was half joking he was going to proclaim himself a god king but this is close

[geardaddy]

3. "His ego is bigger than Obama's"

What the actual fuck does that mean?!

Obama hardly has a giant ego.

[Rachel M at 6 pm]

4. My takeaway from that comment was...

...the statements before and after "His ego is bigger than Obama's"

Pathetic.
His ego is bigger than Obama's.

what a loser.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Except, Obama Never Lost

Well, that's mostly true. He lost a primary to Bobby Rush, who was a fixture in The House.
But, in the GE, he was 3-0 in state senate races, 1-0 for US Senate, and 2-0 for POTUS.
The loser tag only applies to TFG.

[OMGWTF]

84. Obama also has a Nobel Peace Prize, two Grammys, an Emmy, and an Oscar.

[ProfessorGAC]

89. Oh Yeah, That Too

And did I mention he never lost a general election?

[Effete Snob]

97. Ah, but you forget, he never was "really" president

So, technically, he is disqualified from those wins, as far as they are concerned.

These people spent eight years unable to figure out where Barack Obama was born, I don't expect they are going to catch up with the 2020 election results anytime soon.

[ProfessorGAC]

98. That's Fair

Catching up with reality is not a strength with them.

[Historic NY]

107. Trumps got two impeachments

[alfredo]

112. Don't forget best selling author

[Tikki]

9. Barack Obama, the man and the President, is one of the most humble men

I have ever observed in public life.

Who do they think is a humble politician!!!

Tikki

[Effete Snob]

33. Unfortunately, getting these jobs does require a degree of ambition

To believe oneself to be up for the job takes a certain amount of gumption on anyone's part.

[Marcuse]

42. And for some reason Obama's ambitiousness struck them as being uppity.

[Effete Snob]

44. Of course

You can have a clearly incompetent clown like Donald Trump comparing himself to Abe Lincoln, and that's fine. It is something to behold.

[cab67]

27. Someone's idea of a revelation.

Like discovering that Clydesdales are bigger than dachshunds.

[canuckledragger]

36. If you want an explanation, just look at my signature line.

Or to put it better, when it comes to the right wing making comments like this... every accusation is a confession. It's ALWAYS projection on their part.

[W_HAMILTON]

77. You fail to realize that Obama has the biggest ego ever in the upside-down...

...conservative-manufactured world that their minds inhabit.

Or, depending on the day, it's Hillary who has the biggest ego. Or maybe Biden. Or maybe Kamala. Whoever rises to be the next big Democratic star, oh, you can rest assured that they most CERTAINLY will have the biggest ego!

Propaganda doesn't have to make sense -- it just has to be believed.

[catbyte]

81. They see Obama's effortless cool, huge popularity and have decided that he must be an egomaniac.

It's nothing but envy and sour grapes. I mean, come on -- wouldn't this deflate you, too?

[keithbvadu2]

88. Who wore it better?

[Maru Kitteh]

157. Freepers think Obama has a huge ego because he ran for President,

while being black.

[Celerity]

5. more

What a joke. I’m officially a DeSantis guy now.

This is beyond sad.

I was telling everyone I know that he would be announcing his VP choice (Kari Lake?) with a joint appearance. And then this...our nation is disintegrating, on life support, and he's hawking $99 trading cards?! WTH?!

Apart from what a laughably stupid announcement it is politically after the build up, love that it’s garbage even by the standard of digital trading cards which are the dumbest thing in the world. At least give the Kool-Aid drinkers a nice shiny Topps card to put by their shrine.

I’m done.

I really believe the ‘campaign’ is just about donations and legal matterd timing.

DeSantis is the way to go.

Trump just commits unforced error after unforced error.

Trump is only a “real chance” if he could get re-elected. Not gonna happen.
His sad obsession with 2020 has devolved into hocking digital trading cards. He has no fire in his belly to be president again. He will not be the GOP nominee. I am cautiously optimistic it won’t be DeSantis either. No coronations. Trump had his time to ensure he was setup for a successful rematch in 2024 and at nearly every critical turn went down the wrong road. It’s disheartening but he couldn’t pull it together. His time is up.

The best strategy from any Republican asked about Trump is to pivot to the issues.

Trump's lost his mind, man!
SEE Some of the Amazing Trump Digital Trading Cards

Now let's see how many people stick with him.

I’ve concluded the 2020 election pushed him off the deep end.

And I spent 2021 driving around with a Trump 2024 bumper sticker!

And visited a Trump store in Show Low a few months back....

Trump being Trump. Nothing has changed. If you didn’t understand this before, then perhaps you do now.

[jcgoldie]

6. Wow!

Sounds like trading card sales might not be brisk!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

117. Maybe it's for Russian oligarchs to launder their money. Hope somebody is awake at DOJ.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. I have thought, since I saw the first one, that we have a mole...

in Florida who randomly shows up at Marv a Schlago just to se how bad he can make the asshole look.

Outdone himself here.

[Eyeball_Kid]

8. I especially like the "switch" to DeSantis posts.

I'm really eager to hear DeSantis defend his COVID vaccine policy in public press conferences. We now know that Trump voters are dying at a significantly higher rate than the rest of us BECAUSE they refuse to get vaccinated. So DeSantis is promoting more deaths due to his public health policy. He'll be confronted again and again regarding this issue. He knows he's wrong, but he wants the Trump vote. He wants to pull the Trump knuckleheads into his camp, and THIS is how he's going to do it. He is demoting the importance of public health for political gain, thus making him the absolute worst candidate for ANY public office. Sheesh. Talk about baggage! DeSantis has more baggage than a mail train.

[Whiskeytide]

17. I suspect Ron is the one who whispered this idea in his ear. n/t

[Native]

75. It had to be Melania. She's all up in NFTs.

[Walleye]

73. The unvaccinated aren't even dying at a higher rate in car crashes

[LeftInTX]

151. Welp...not too many died because they re-elected him.

[Blue Owl]

10. Bwaaaaaahahahaha!

Looks like the fat grifter has jumped the shark!

[Whiskeytide]

19. My favorite comment is "I think 'trading cards' is ...

… about to replace ‘jump the shark’ in the vernacular”.

[geardaddy]

40. LOL

We must make it so!



"So and so is coming out with trading cards"

"So and so has a new line of trading cards"

[newdayneeded]

147. That cracked me up!

[Gore1FL]

50. No way that dude can jump. nt

[Blue Owl]

82. Fine with me if he just plops in the water

and becomes instant shark chum!

[RussBLib]

11. Wow, looks like Freeperville has turned against him.

Maybe they're not all blinded idiots after all.

[jcgoldie]

16. Yeah they are

They are mad because he got them all hyped for this dumb grift. They think the joke hit too close to home this time. But they are still too clueless to see that its been on them the whole time.

[SergeStorms]

48. It only took 7 years.

Record pace, for a Freeper.

[Tree Lady]

12. Digital cards? Does that mean all you get

Is a pic sent to you by email? I think his people are right he is done. But he hopes to grift money from the stupid on the way out to help with lawyers.

[Faux pas]

13. Kickety Kickin'

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. I went our that site and was amused

[dweller]

15. Send them this to soothe their misery ...

✌🏻

[Johnny2X2X]

18. Wow

Never thought I'd see this from them.

It is hilarious at face value. But when the audience are these imbeciles who think the nation is in some sort of dire crisis, it makes sense why this would be taken terribly by them. Imagine if when Trump was burning down the country from the Oval Office, if Hillary had made a big announcement and we all expected something that was going to help and she instead came out with the Hillary Clinton trading card. Or Obama, or anyone. And they don't really compare to what Trump represents to these nincompoops, he was teasing some big rescue for them, they were all waiting on bated breath. And he delivered some self serving attempt to grift off from them.

Most will go right back into the bubble, but this was a glimpse outside for a moment.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. One Of Them In Particular

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One of the drones posted "...people can't put gas in their cars...".
Gas is down $2 a gallon since early 2nd quarter.
This guy doesn't even know what he's mad about.

[herding cats]

137. He, obviously, doesn't provide for himself.

He doesn't drive nor purchase gas. Someone provides all their transportation, food and necessities such as internet.

They live in a fake bubble. I've been involved in outreach programs where I'd run into folks like this in the past. Ironically one of the things we coordinated for them was transportation.

The weird ones were always of two flavors. Fixated on RW politics online or sex online. The weird things they'd say were book worthy.

[Effete Snob]

45. That's a brilliant comment

[Probatim]

20. And remember - it took them seven (7) years to come to this realization.

Seven years to figure out what we knew from the start.

Dumbasses.

[irisblue]

21. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You did run several virus scans & then take a hazmat worthy shower after right?

Adding this

Link to tweet

[MontanaMama]

52. Brokemon for the win!

[irisblue]

61. I know right?

[Mr. Evil]

79. That comment wins everything!!!

[William Gustafson]

136. I love how they show him all Buffed up, when in reality, he's an overweight, fat, flabby man....

I sure hope someone spoofs these with an "actual body" of the "Donald Trump-Superhero"

[Ford_Prefect]

22. WOW!!! Talk about the grift that keeps on grifting...

[Mr. Ected]

23. Trump hasn't changed. They did.

That's why the real issue in our country isn't the quality of the GOP candidates. It's the quality of their voters, the one constant in this equation.

[TygrBright]

24. My fave: "Drink more Ovaltine" ::snork:: n/t

[RevBrotherThomas]

30. "A CRUMMY COMMERCIAL??!" nt

[NoMoreRepugs]

25. This makes me smile. Deplorable heads exploding makes this an already great Christmas Holiday.

[Skittles]

138. is this good news for us?

weren't we counting on Trump to split the vote with DeFascist?

[NoMoreRepugs]

145. Sincerely doubt this card fiasco is going to impact the

hard core Deplorable base. Guess we will have to wait and see.

[Ray Bruns]

26. What is stunning is some of them are still defending him

[rubbersole]

28. C'mon, Freepers....

tfg is playing 3D chess here. Don't you see? If you buy all the cards before Christmas you'll be in a great position for the rapture.

[keithbvadu2]

90. Getting ready for the rapture

[Fullduplexxx]

29. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 drink more ovaltine

[Jim__]

35. I hope they all feel good about the donations they've already made.

[Abigail_Adams]

104. Especially the one

who admitted he "donated way over the maximum" allowed. He or she should be prosecuted, if they can find out who it really is.

[OAITW r.2.0]

37. And to think that most of these morons actually voted for him in 2016....

[Kablooie]

38. Sounds like Trump is done.

Show one weakness and your whole image falls apart and this is about as weak as you can get.

[ItsjustMe]

39. These are not from Free Republic

I see no spelling errors.

[tavernier]

124. That was my first thought.

[Martin Eden]

41. Maybe they're beginning to realize he was punking them all along

Nah. If the "major announcement" was a typical Big Lie they would have swallowed it whole.

[PatSeg]

43. Wow, thank you for your service

Can't be easy going over there and coming back unscathed.

Those are great. Some are finally getting a clue.

[LAS14]

47. Thanks for this labor intensive little project of yours. Much appreciated!!!! nt

[Chakaconcarne]

49. I'm surprised these comments are from Free Republic

Unless there are a ton of trolls....

[iemanja]

100. It shows Republicans have had enough of Trump.

He's now a laughing stock to them, as he always has been for us.

[lindysalsagal]

51. No exaggeration: In 20 years of spying on the freepers I've nver seen universal disgust for one of t

their own, let alone their anointed messiah! They are NEVER negative about him: THey always spout all manner of apologetics and exceptions, and remove blame with anything imaginable.

Seriously, I'm gonna have to go over there and see this for myself. It's literally impossible to believe.

[lindysalsagal]

68. That thread is up to 325, now. They're battering and frying him.

[Effete Snob]

95. Meh - They eat their own all of the time

There's no love for McCain or Romney over there - and those were the previous two nominees!

Palin was the only thing that made McCain worth it for them.

[StoolPigeon]

53. I think I missed the one

of the super diaper baby balloon.

[SouthBayDem]

54. Have they been living in a cave for the past 7 years?

They’re only NOW realizing what a fool their president is?

I love how Trump is getting the GW Bush retcon treatment by former supporters. Notice how GW Bush is no longer welcome in the same conservative circles that once toasted and defended him every day.

[Martin68]

60. That was my reaction. The one who suggested he's just now "going tone deaf" just hasn't been

paying attention. In fact, none of them have. The upside is that they are finally turning on him. It really seems to be death by politics.

[MontanaMama]

55. We're watching freepers switch loyalties

from TFG to DeathSentence in real time.

[hadEnuf]

56. Haw

Wait. What? My guess was that Trump's "major announcement" due today was going to be his 2024 VP pick, or perhaps the uncovering of a smoking gun from the 2020 election.

The only thing smoking is what you are sitting on, Chuckles.

[LittleGirl]

57. Best post of the month!

Thank you for the giggles! I needed those belly laughs.

[Major Nikon]

58. Out of all these comments only one seemed to pick up on his real motivation

Which is nothing more than playing his fanbase for the suckers they are in order to make a quick buck.

[Martin68]

59. The comment about Ye/Milo/Fuentes got me thinking that he should include a series of villainous

side kicks in the card series. Bannon, Miller, Giuliani, MTG, et al, all perfect for caricature.

[TimeToGo]

62. What is odd to me

What is odd to me is how a number of them seem surprised and disappointed as if they thought this was not who he is/was.


Is this supposed to be a joke? The country is falling apart, desperate for some good news, and the major announcement is trading cards? I love Trump, but this is really causing me to wonder what he’s thinking.


Wait. What? My guess was that Trump's "major announcement" due today was going to be his 2024 VP pick, or perhaps the uncovering of a smoking gun from the 2020 election.


So either this is the Babylon Bee or I’m done with Trump. Thank you for your service, but I’m moving on.
This is just so f******g dumb. Really? This is his big announcement?
You know what. I'm done. Walking away.

[Evolve Dammit]

63. He's off his crumpet. Dotty as you please. Get the rubber room ready. Another failed "deal."

[iemanja]

64. They are finally catching on.

Slow learners, aren't they?

[Hekate]

65. "Drink more Ovaltine" -- "The Major Award ... of a Leg Lamp." Multiple references to "Christmas Story"

… is not a good sign.

[Ferrets are Cool]

66. The MOST amazing thing I read in these comments is how many of them believe

the Country is in shambles. They truly live in a bubble of their own making.

[AKwannabe]

67. Hahahahaha Hahahahaha Hahahahaha

Thanks for the fun. Oh so fun.

Stupid fucking people! Hahaha
This was your guy all along. He never changed. Just had handlers and babysitters to keep the stupid egotistical fuck at bay. Hahahahaha!

[Hekate]

69. One of my faves: "It's like the political version of suicide by cop."

Our pals on the other side are not entirely without perception.

[malaise]

71. Is it pariah status yet for thr

Cartoon character? 😀😀😀😀

[wnylib]

72. One of those Freeper posts

brought out a point that the poster probably didn't even realize is more significant than he/she thought. It's the post about Jarvanka no longer advising Trump or else he would not do something so dumb as digital trading cards.

But it's not just Jarvanka. The Trump inner circle of "advisors" has dissolved due to the facts that: 1) He lost in 2020 and is no longer in the WH: and, 2) investigations and possible charges (for Trump and for them) make him too risky for them to stick with.

Trump never was anything more than a public image for people who wanted to advance policies and agendas that his persona could pull off publicly. He could draw voters and use his collection of dirt on Republican politicians to keep them in line while advancing the agenda of the far right. He is no longer any use to them. They are distanced from him now and are regrouping for another leader. So he has nobody to advise him and is just pushing idiotic gimmicks as he has always done.

It never was about Trump. It was always about RW extremism being delivered to the legislatures and courts via the Trump persona. Trump found the RW extremism appealing and compatible with his own personality and a winning ticket to power, fame, adoration, and money grifting. But he was always just a tool of the extremist right for their own agenda (and Putin's) and he never realized it.

Without them, he is nothing and has no advisors to prop him up or to discourage him from stupid moves like trading cards.

The most pathetic thing, IMO, is not that he is hawking digital trading cards, although that is pathetic enough. But more pathetic than that are the ludicrous images of himself on the cards, with a slim, trim, and fit, energetic body. It is an ultimate vanity that shows what a delusional fool he is.

[jcgoldie]

86. Seems like liberals all laughing hysterically at you...

… is not nearly as fun as pissing them off! 🤷?♂️

[orleans]

74. the drink Ovaltine comment was funny

i remember my mom telling me how disappointing that secret message was

[oldsoftie]

76. I've seen the same reaction elsewhere too. Its like suddenly NOW they see the con

After all the OTHER cons.

[jcgoldie]

78. Right! I mean its fucking ridiculous but...

...not significantly more ridiculous than a dozen other scams he's done. NOW they wake up?!?

[oldsoftie]

108. Maybeits just SO ridiculous; the image and that HE'S doing it & not a company

I mean, you could buy plenty of Obama stuff years ago but it was NEVER sold BY Obama!! And never as silly

[thucythucy]

80. And yet I doubt a single one of them will reflect on how it was

they fell for such a con.

All they'll do is move on to the next one.

[Grokenstein]

83. Oh boy, this one:

"The country is falling apart, desperate for some good news, and the major announcement is trading cards? I love Trump, but this is really causing me to wonder what he’s thinking."

Clown, I don't know what color the sky is on your planet, but feel free to skip to the Flavor-Aid part of your cult experience.

[Prairie_Seagull]

85. The writing on the wall.

Hopefully the last gasp of a dying campaign.

[moose65]

87. Oh my effin' GOD.....

It's funny how some of them almost get it - like they see a distant light and for a second, something dawns on them....

The one who says "I love Trump," - UGH. How delusional do you have to be to say that?!?!

[Demobrat]

91. I'm a little disappointed.

I wanted to point and laugh while they dug in their pockets for more money to send to their cult leader.

[nuxvomica]

92. Topps actually has a set of Obama trading cards

They are actual cards, not NFTs, and Obama isn't involved. Maybe TFG heard about them and is trying to one-up him. How much you wanna bet the Obama card set outsells TFG's by many orders of magnitude?

[Initech]

96. Beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep... and that's when the MAGA movement died.

Time of death: 12/15/2022. 1:51 PM PST.

The MAGA movement - June 16th, 2015 - Dec. 15th, 2022. You will *NOT* be missed.

[Emile]

99. They're just now getting embarrassed, lol 🤣😆

[tanyev]

102. LOL, "There must be something substantive he's preparing."

No, there really isn’t. But you keep telling yourself that, OK?

[progressoid]

103. It's kind of weird that this is what turned them against him.

I mean, he's been doing shit like this for years and this suddenly woke them up?

[jcgoldie]

114. The con isnt as effective when...

... they are already starting to think you're LOSER.

[aggiesal]

105. We warned them, they ignored us. Deal with it Freepers. n/t

[lonely bird]

106. The "Movement"?

These idiots could fuck up a bowel movement.

[hatrack]

109. Slow learners . . .

I mean, better late than never, but this is what it took for you to figure it out?

[Kaleva]

110. A comment from AR15

Haven't been over there in a long time so I went see to see what the general opinion was of this and below is an example:


"This is the kind of thing that the left would do as a joke to mock him for being narcissistic. And he just handed it to them.

It's like the political version of suicide by cop.



He's jumped the shark. He's jumped it so hard that he is in space right now."

Comments there are similar to what is being said at FR.

[halfulglas]

111. Most of them are still saying they love him, but ---

They still don't see the whole movement as a big grift - just he's gone a bit over the top, so now DeSantis is their man. Most are beyond redemption.

[orangecrush]

113. Yes, Melania

There is a Santa Claus!

[Demobrat]

118. I love you but I'm not in love with you.

I’m leaving you for someone younger.

[Catherine Vincent]

116. One of them had the nerve to inject President Obama in their comment

[Alice Kramden]

121. K&R n/t

[central scrutinizer]

122. Fake excerpt!!

No way this is from freepers. No all caps posts, most of the spelling and grammar and punctuation is correct.

[pepperbear]

123. All this proves is they'll still vote for him if he were to get the nomination

Yeah, this is real cute. Look! they're finally turning on him! But take a closer look and it appears that most have known about him all along. Doesn't bode well.

[NQAS]

125. Aren't NFTs unique?

If I’m right, then these would just be jpegs although it could be unique is only one person falls for this Supreme buffoonery.

[Skittles]

126. HAHAHAHAHA

so they are only just NOW seeing Trump as the fucking joke most of us have long known him to be?!?!?!?

[GenThePerservering]

127. Someone there used the word "vernacular"

and spelt it correctly - must be a mole from the left having a little fun.

But seriously - making Trump a cult of personality is what the leftists do? That little dude may not realise that it's the magats who are following him all over the country from rally to rally like a lot of undeadheads.

And Trump playing 12-D chess! "My theory: Trump announced his candidacy to keep the Democrat-political prosecutors at bay until a Republican can take over. Smart move. But stuff like this says to me that he's not serious about running in 2024."

[Joinfortmill]

128. He's toast.

[Aussie105]

130. They need to be asked:

Sick of winning yet?

Trump said that the cards reflect his life and achievements.

So . . . when was he a normal weight, an astronaut, or any of the things depicted in the cards?

Could it be there is some Photoshopping involved? /sarcasm

Some saying they are done with Trump and swapping to DeSantis just shows they have learnt nothing. Sad.

[tclambert]

131. $99 and you don't even get any bubblegum!

[ShazzieB]

132. Thanks so much for posting this!

I was wondering how his erstwhile followers were taking this, and I'm thrilled to see so many of them think it's as dumb as we do. What a laugh riot!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

134. "Nothing like making yourself a laughing stock."

he's been a laughing stock for years

[William Gustafson]

135. In order for us to take this seriously, we first have to look at who we are dealing with.....

Donald J. Trump, 78-year-old, 3rd generation rich kid,
1. Handed over 400 million dollars once the father's estate was settled, has never worked an honest day in his life, and lost it a few times with bad business ventures,
2. Never accepted "no" in his entire life, so he doesn't know boundary's,
3. Believes he is the smartest and most important person in any room he is in, in fact, he believes he is the "Chosen One", and should be treated as such,
4. He is pathological liar, but believes has lies, even when they are proven false, which makes him delusional,
5. He is a performer, and he is good at it. He learned this from training from NBC on the "Apprentice". He has had a knack for conning people, but once he was on TV, it showed him how to perform in front of big crowds, and how to grift them,
6. He has no morals.... He cares for only one person... himself... he will do whatever he needs to do to get what he wants, even if it hurts or kills others in the pursuit of his goal. We all have seen his lack of any empathy towards others,
7. He needs for feed his ego on a daily basis, which is a reason he pulls the Hype a day ahead "Special Announcement", to build the hype so people will tune in.... only to have their intelligent insulted with a child prank of buying a card you can't hold, but only look at on a computer,
8. Now that he has been exposed for the con man that he is, and his lawyer fees are piling up, along with losses in court cases, he sees that he will be broke in a very short time, and possibly spending some jail time.... what better way to collect the cult dues than to sell a
virtual baseball card of "Donald Trump... Superhero Trading Cards"........$99.00 dollars PER card.....

I sure hope someone can come up with some trading card where they actually use Trumps "actual body" in those suits instead of this fairy land idea that he is all buffed up... we all know that he is in the 300 lb range and his 6 pack is gone.... but go ahead MAGA, send him your money, those cards you can't hold will be worth a lot of money some day....

[tenderfoot]

139. His ego is bigger than Obama's

[Bucky]

140. My favorite: "or perhaps the uncovering of a smoking gun from the 2020 election" HAHAHA!

These boneheads are still waiting for skies to open up. They're still waiting for Geraldo to find the hidden treasure in Capone's secret basement.

Wait. What? My guess was that Trump's "major announcement" due today was going to be his 2024 VP pick, or perhaps the uncovering of a smoking gun from the 2020 election.

So either this is the Babylon Bee or I’m done with Trump. Thank you for your service, but I’m moving on.

[Niagara]

141. They're just now figuring out that TFG is a grifting con man?

[malaise]

143. THIS

which makes this a thread for the ages

[Raven123]

142. Are all of his bankruptcy events on one "card" are are they featured separately?

[ananda]

144. So who bought them all?

They sold out and made millions.

[Lasher]

146. I wonder how many of them has a Trumpy Bear.

[SouthernDem4ever]

148. Hysterical that it took this for some of them to think they have been following a grifter and moron

lest we ignore the mountains of evidence of that for that last 8 years. I guess better late than never although it will be short lived as they are good at making something out of nothing.

[BComplex]

149. They're all just moving the fan base over to DeSantis. What a bunch of losers.

Trump hasn't changed a bit. They're just getting sick of him FINALLY.

[NJCher]

150. Hey, thank you Rachel m

This was just fascinating to me. I have long been intrigued by people who refuse to face reality. In these comments, we see people who are starting to come to grips with a “false Messiah.”

Some of the comments indicate that they have been frustrated with Trump for quite a while. Comments like “I’m done.“

Others indicate bewilderment. Still others replace Trump with DeSantis. I also thought it was interesting that one individual started thinking Trump was off the rails with “Desanctimonious.”

I see you are new here. First of all let me say welcome to DU.

Second, what a valuable post for someone so new. 😊

[XanaDUer2]

152. This was the bridge too far? Nt

[Tarc]

153. The "I love Trump, but this is really causing me to wonder what he's thinking." is funny

Even after this complete jackass move, some people ar still "yea, but".

[PAMod]

154. Delusional

Even those panning Trump and his inane antics are delusional.

The country is falling apart? WTH?

I’d ask, “by what metric?”, but that would assume they care about reality.

[paulkienitz]

155. those are just the clueless outsiders who aren't in on the real value of the trading cards

...which is their usefulness for overseas money laundering.

[D23MIURG23]

156. Tough crowd. At this rate he'd make more money hawking official Trump voodoo dolls.