‘Saturday Night Live’ targets Trump digital trading cards announcement

Source: The Hill | December 18, 2022 | Julia Mueller

“Saturday Night Live” poked fun at former President Trump’s release of a line of digital trading cards bearing his likeness, which he had teased last week as a “major announcement.”  

“Trump cards are each $99 dollars. Seems like a lot. Seems like a scam and, in many ways, it is. But we love the Trump cards. We just love them. You can also get them for free by going online and looking at them, maybe, I don’t know. Maybe taking a screenshot. But we really prefer it if you’d send the $99,” said James Austin Johnson, portraying the former president during the show’s opening sketch.

“It sure sounds a lot like Pokémon, but trust me. It’s not Pokémon,” the comedian said.

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Johnson also joked on “Saturday Night Live” that the NFTs would come with a chance to win a prize from a box marked “classified,” a jab at Trump’s ongoing legal troubles over his handling of presidential records and classified documents found at his Florida residence. 

The New York Times reported that proceeds from the cards, which could be purchased with cryptocurrency or a credit card, will benefit Trump directly. The NFTs sold out within 24 hours of Trump’s announcement. 

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