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A Craigslist Ad Is Reportedly Offering Money to Seat Fillers for Trump's Military Parade [View all]
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People of a certain age will remember the salad days of Craigslist when missed connections were actually a source of connecting, the personals section was questionably legal, and apartments were aplenty. Sadly, it's now a shell of its former self and is frequented by those of a bygone era. That might be why someone from the Trump administration could be advertising for paid seat fillers at the president's military parade on the ghostly website. Is this real? Here's what we know.
On June 11, 2025, mere days from President Trump's birthday party masquerading as a military parade, a screenshot from a Craigslist ad was shared on X. User @JamesTate121 wrote, "They need paid actors for the parade." We are desperate to believe this is real, but the first indication that it's not is the photo used in the ad. It looks to be from a military parade in Russia.
Despite the suspicious photo, the language of the ad seems pretty legit. The call for paid seat fillers is coming from T-Mellon Events, which doesn't come up when Googled. What does pop up is the Wikipedia page for Thomas Mellon, the man who founded the Mellon Bank. The Mellon family went on to create or fund organizations like the Federation for American Immigration Reform and the Center for Immigration Studies.
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You'll find compensation information at the very bottom of the ad. Anyone who opts in could walk away with a cool thousand bucks, paid in cryptocurrency by FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC. Fun fact, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC is real and it is one of two entities that owns the $TRUMP meme coin. The original advertisement on Craigslist is currently under review, which tell us this is probably fake news. Still, what a fun joke!
https://www.distractify.com/p/seat-fillers-for-trump-military-parade
People of a certain age will remember the salad days of Craigslist when missed connections were actually a source of connecting, the personals section was questionably legal, and apartments were aplenty. Sadly, it's now a shell of its former self and is frequented by those of a bygone era. That might be why someone from the Trump administration could be advertising for paid seat fillers at the president's military parade on the ghostly website. Is this real? Here's what we know.
On June 11, 2025, mere days from President Trump's birthday party masquerading as a military parade, a screenshot from a Craigslist ad was shared on X. User @JamesTate121 wrote, "They need paid actors for the parade." We are desperate to believe this is real, but the first indication that it's not is the photo used in the ad. It looks to be from a military parade in Russia.
Despite the suspicious photo, the language of the ad seems pretty legit. The call for paid seat fillers is coming from T-Mellon Events, which doesn't come up when Googled. What does pop up is the Wikipedia page for Thomas Mellon, the man who founded the Mellon Bank. The Mellon family went on to create or fund organizations like the Federation for American Immigration Reform and the Center for Immigration Studies.
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You'll find compensation information at the very bottom of the ad. Anyone who opts in could walk away with a cool thousand bucks, paid in cryptocurrency by FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC. Fun fact, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC is real and it is one of two entities that owns the $TRUMP meme coin. The original advertisement on Craigslist is currently under review, which tell us this is probably fake news. Still, what a fun joke!
https://www.distractify.com/p/seat-fillers-for-trump-military-parade
It is quite surprising to see who falls for this.
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CORRECTION: I have deleted a post about a CL ad for seat fillers for Trump's parade this weekend, but I think it's fake. While Fight Fight Fight LLC is real, I think "T-Mellon" events is a dead giveaway. Well-played, anonymous Craigslist poster!
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-06-11T20:32:38.725Z
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