Trump accused of using copyrighted images for his NFTs

Donald Trump has been accused of using copyrighted images in his NFT collection, with social media users calling his lucrative venture a “scam.”

The NFTs feature the former president trying to be taken seriously as the 2024 presidential candidate, oddly mocked up as various characters, including a superhero, an astronaut, and a cowboy.

According to the promotional site, these NFTs were available for $99 each; all 45,000 images sold out by Friday afternoon.

The accusations came via social media

Wide-eyed social media users took to Twitter to point out that many of the images looked oddly familiar.

Some of the designs appear to be nothing more than Trump’s heads edited into images found on small clothing company websites, stock images, and even clothing sold on Amazon and Walmart.

Other copied images

Young Turks journalist Matthew Sheffield said Trump’s NFT jeans look like a doctored image of Amazon selling the “Scully Men’s Duster” jacket.

“The NFT image of Donald Trump as a cowboy appears to be from a slightly altered Amazon image.

Another social media user questioned whether Trump had permission for one of Reuters’ photographers to use a photo of the former president playing golf: “Trump Golf NFT is a resized and modified version of a David Moir/Reuters file photo taken in 2011 when Trump was playing at his club in Scotland.”