Would You Pay $60,000 for a Photo With Trump?
The absurdity of the celebrity selfie racket.
Yesterday, Donald Trump spoke at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, TN. While there, he held a private fundraising meeting, which had an $844,600 price for a seat at the table with the Republican nominee.
It also included the opportunity for a picture with the former president for the modest price of $60,000.
$60K! That’s almost the price of a Tesla Model X. That’s higher than the median annual wage in the United States. Or enough to buy 25 ounces of gold. That’s a pretty yuge price for a handshake and a selfie.
These ridiculously overpriced photo ops are of course meant for high-rollers to donate to their chosen political candidates’ campaign war chests. God forbid we don’t have wall-to-wall ads telling us if we don’t vote for that person or this person the sky will fall and earthquakes will swallow us into the earth’s core.
I mean, I like Trump, but not enough to give up a down payment on a decent house just to shake the guy’s hand. Even if I was a centimillionaire, I’d have to think long and hard before paying out almost a whole Bitcoin just for a few seconds in the Donald’s presence. Hell, if I was a centimillionaire, I’d probably have already hung out with him anyway at some point.
