<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former first lady Melania Trump </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MELANIATRUMP/status/1471468919810670603"><span style="font-weight: 400;">announced</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Twitter Thursday that she is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) platform.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first NFT for sale is a watercolor portrait of Trump’s eyes called “Melania’s Vision,” available for 1 SOL (~ $188 USD) between December 15 and December 31, 2021. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump also intends to release more NFTs in January 2022 and will allegedly donate some of the proceeds to children aging out of the foster care system. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parler, a right wing social media platform, built Trump’s new NFT endeavor and provides ongoing operational infrastructure, site support, and marketing assistance, Parler CMO Christina Cravens told The Block. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"We’ve chosen the Solana blockchain for its flexible architecture, speed, stability, security, and environmental friendliness," Cravens added. "Solana also has low gas fees, bringing digital collectibles at various price points to serve a more diverse audience of collectors and investors. Parler is dedicated to freedom of expression and sees many synergies between the use of social media and blockchain to drive our mission forward."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parler had </span><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/15/social-media-platform-parler-back-online-after-being-banned-by-major-tech-companies.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">come under fire</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> earlier this year for its connection to the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot and faced difficulty remaining online as major web hosts like Amazon Web Services cut it off. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trump's press release announcing the new platform stated that the crypto payment infrastructure firm </span><a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/124980/moonpay-raise"><span style="font-weight: 400;">MoonPay</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is facilitating credit card payments for Trump’s NFTs.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> However, MoonPay later <a href="https://twitter.com/moonpay/status/1471535542768705545">clarified</a> on Twitter that is not a partner and has "no official role" in Trump's new NFT platform. As a MoonPay spokesperson told The Block, "it is not possible to make credit card payments through MoonPay to purchase Melania Trump’s NFT collection."</span></p>