Online posts falsely claim Trump gold card provides free food and gas

Amid ongoing investigations into the 6 January Capitol riots, the Save America political motion committee has promoted “golden” loyalty playing cards to the previous US President Donald Trump.

A number of posts on Telegram have mentioned the false advantages of the so-called Trump’s gold card, spreading on-line misinformation. Euronews has fact-checked these claims.

Many deceptive claims in regards to the playing cards had been shared in Telegram channels affiliated with the baseless QAnon conspiracy principle.

QAnon is a right-wing group that believes former President Donald Trump is preventing a Devil-worshipping paedophile ring that features the likes of Barack Obama and philanthropist George Soros. 

Its followers had been among the many mob that stormed the US Capitol constructing in January 2021.

A sequence of posts on social media claims that these new Trump gold playing cards assure prospects “free meals, free gas, free healthcare and even free electrical energy”. Every single gold card is bought on-line at a hefty worth of round €95.

Plenty of Twitter customers have since questioned whether or not the gold card scheme is a rip-off.

“Can I ask what the advantages are of this Trump Gold Card? My buddy purchased 5 after seeing you advertise considering she shall be getting nice advantages,” one Twitter person requested Trump’s son, Donald Jr.

Though the playing cards look just like actual financial institution playing cards, the official gross sales web site states “it is a commemorative card and is solely supposed as memorabilia.“

The cardboard due to this fact merely serves as a enterprise card to indicate an individual’s help for Donald Trump. 

Faux Trump cash

This isn’t the primary time that these types of on-line scams have flourished surrounding the previous US president. Sure Telegram accounts have beforehand urged their followers to purchase the “TrumpCoin”, promising big returns by cryptocurrency.

Nevertheless, the coin had nothing to do with Trump and was not a registered cryptocurrency.

The Trump household — by Donald’s son Eric — has since threatened to sue the web site promoting these supposed cash.

“It has come to our consideration that somebody is selling a crypto foreign money referred to as TrumpCoin,” Eric Trump tweeted in January 2022.

“This has nothing to do with our household, we don’t authorise the use and we’re by no means affiliated with this group. Authorized motion shall be taken.”

In a direct response, the TrumpCoin then modified its identify to Freedom Coin.