Benjamin Phil Palmer,[1] also known by his online alias Palmertrolls, (born 1986 or 1987) is an American comedian and internet celebrity from Atlanta, Georgia.
[3] He started the project Hope That Helps, in which he would create fake Facebook customer service profiles of corporations (such as IHOP, CVS Pharmacy and Olive Garden, among others), then troll users in comment sections.
[7] Palmer also sued his friends multiple times in order to appear on Court TV, where he would perform comedy.
Palmer engaged in a series of prank interactions with politician Ted Yoho, who mistakenly believed he was in contact with representatives from Parler, discussing potential podcast collaborations.
The prank culminated in Palmer and his team attending a summit at Liberty University, where they continued to interact with Yoho and other notable figures such as Former President John Mahama of Ghana and Former Congresswomen and Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann of Minnesota before eventually revealing the ruse.