• "America needs a SUPERHERO": Donald Trump introduces digital trading cards featuring him as Superman

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    "America needs a SUPERHERO": Donald Trump introduces digital trading cards featuring him as Superman
    The $99 cards feature him as a superhero, a lawman from the Wild West, an astronaut, and other characters.

    Digital Desk: After announcing his run for the presidency in 2024, former US President Donald Trump announced the start of an internet store to sell digital trading cards of himself. The $99 cards depict him as a superhero, an old West Sheriff, an astronaut, and other characters.

    The $99 cards feature him as a superhero, a lawman from the Wild West, an astronaut, and other characters.

    On his social media network Truth Social, Trump advertised the online store. According to the New York Times, the former president claimed that his time in the White House was superior to that of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, noting that the cards displayed "wonderful art of his life and career."

    Social media users criticized Donald Trump for releasing digital playing cards displaying several avatars of himself, labelling it as "narcissistic behaviour." We have a country that is failing, and Donald Trump is selling Pokémon cards, a TV personality tweeted. Obama, Bush, and Clinton are all making progress for the underprivileged in different ways. Trump is offering trading cards for $99. and a presidential bid. A tweet from novelist Stephen King stated, "Ain't that America, something to see."

    'America needs a superhero'
    Trump declared during the introduction of the card set that "America needs a superhero." Interestingly, a cake with a cutout of a Superman-like figure with his head attached to the body was there for the 76-year-old former president's 50th birthday, indicating that he may have a fascination with the mythical character.

    The revenue from the aforementioned cards, according to the NYT report, will go to Trump as part of a licencing agreement. The business that is selling the cards is not owned, run, or under Trump's control.