From J C

Yesterday I posted bemusedly about President Trump’s Major Announcement, suggesting it had misfired. I had the wrong take. He wound up selling out in less than 24 hours. People bought 45,000 of his NFT trading cards, generating $4.5 million in revenue.

Say what you want about the announcement, Trump just raised about five million bucks in one day. Since the buyers got something of “value,” the proceeds don’t count as “campaign donations,” and Trump isn’t limited by campaign finance rules. It’s brilliant, perfectly legal, and as far as I know, it’s never been done before.¹

Another Trump innovation. I should’ve considered maybe he knew what he was doing. Sorry for the hot take; lesson learned.

For many career conservative pundits, like Ben Shapiro, Trump’s major announcement completely cratered, because it seemed grubby and undignified. Well, it seemed that way to BEN. But not to more than 45,000 citizens who snapped up the virtual trading cards, gaining colorful images of Trump in spandex and accessing an extremely helpful feature of campaign finance law.

It was an out-of-the park home run that nobody thought of except Trump. This is a terrific example of Trump’s strength. This is why, despite everything, warts and all, he remains a viable candidate for 2024. He’s a fabulously creative out-of-the-box thinker, a genius in his own way, with a sense of humor. And he has an unparalleled connection with ordinary Americans.

I’m not taking sides. But it is something to think about