Now this is desperate & low even for Trump, he's willing to pay you Hmong folks

[theking]

...and other "color and ethnic groups" to attend his parade per this Craigslist ad (tell me it's joke). I mean Trump's insecurity level is high and his self-esteem level is low but is it to this level?  :

Craigslist ad seeking seat fillers on day of Trump's DC parade

On June 11, 2025, a screenshot of an alleged Craigslist advertisement seeking "seat fillers" for an event in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2025 — the same day as a military parade on U.S. President Donald Trump's birthday — began to make the rounds on social media.

The purported ad read, in part:

T-Mellon Events is looking for seat fillers and extras to provide their time for space maximization and attendance perception for an event taking place in Washington DC on June 14th. Extras and Seat fillers will check in on the morning of June 14th at 9:00 a.m.

Extras are required to wear Red, White and Blue clothing and will be provided a RED hat to wear. GOLD accessories are acceptable as well. The team will advise the extras where to stand or sit according to the line of sight from a VIP viewing platform area.

Extras and Seat fillers will be paid a flat daily fee and will be provided a lunch of fast food and soda.

We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control and these individuals will be prominently displayed on the televised broadcast and local viewing screens to be seen by the VIP platform.

It also listed compensation as a "flat fee of $1,000 paid in cryptocurrency - Provided by FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC."

The ad itself was real and was posted on Craigslist (archived) on June 10, 2025. Snopes was unable to definitively confirm whether the ad was a prank or posted by someone from Trump's camp, which is why we've left this claim unrated. However, several elements of the ad suggest it may have been intended as a joke.

First, the company mentioned in the advertisement was listed as T-Mellon Events. Searches for "T-Mellon Events" on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo did not return any results directing us to the supposed company. Instead, they showed news articles and social media posts about the Craigslist ad.

The alleged company name could be a reference to billionaire and Trump megadonor Timothy Mellon, heir to Pittsburgh's Mellon banking family.

Snopes also looked into the photo in the ad and found it wasn't taken in the United States. Using RevEye, a reverse image search tool, we found the original image shared by The Associated Press on May 9, 2025, captioned, "Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II."

The ad also said participants would receive a flat fee of $1,000 paid in cryptocurrency, which could be poking fun at Trump's crypto-related ventures.

[Prude]

Obama said during the campaigning process that Trump is obsessed with
crowd sizes.  Trump is still trying to outdo Obama's crowd sizes.

I admit that one time Obama came to our town in LA and I tried to attend. Secret
Service wouldn't let me in because I didn't have my Driver's License
with me. I had to go back home for an hour to get it. The same Service
guy was at the door again. Surprisingly, he recognized me, despite that
there are so many Asians here and I look no difference than the Japanese,
Chinese, Koreans and Vietnameses.  But this time he let me in.

Inside, I wasn't anywhere near Obama. Too many people were there.