It appears that Donald Trump's NFT image of himself as a cowboy comes from an Amazon image that was slightly altered. amazon.com/Scully-Rangewe…
The Trump astronaut NFT image appears to have been a recolored image that was stolen from @benedictredgrov wired.co.uk/article/nasa-a…
The Trump fighter jet pilot NFT seems to be a Shutterstock image. Did they license it? shutterstock.com/image-photo/us…
Here is the image from which the Trump tuxedo NFT seems to have been created.
It's fitting that a fake billionaire would put himself in a tuxedo from Men's Wearhouse. The white bowtie is pitifully constructed. menswearhouse.com/p/pronto-uomo-…
Trump's NFT of him pretending to be a hunter (something he would not be caught dead doing in real life) seems to be derived from this wader set dnwoutdoors.com/banded-aspire-…
There are slight differences with some of the above images and their sources, meaning that it is very possible that the NFT collection is derived from unlicensed images as well as AI-generated copyright infringements. Getty banned AI images for this reason artnews.com/art-news/news/…
Here's my even more detailed writeup about how these crudely made memes managed to sell out, plus some more details on the shady company behind the operation: tyt.com/reports/7015be…
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