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Pancakes and holograms fail to draw crowds to Trump’s ‘Freedom 250’ fair

Great American State Fair highlights US political division on Washington’s National Mall

Despite Political Snubs, America’s 250th Fair Finds Unity on the Ground

As a roster of blue states fail to send delegations decrying politization, actual attendees noted the Great American State Fair is politics free and lots of fun. The post Despite Political Snubs, America’s 250th Fair Finds Unity on the Ground first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

The Great American State Fair Is a Great Trumpian Disaster

The Great American State Fair Is a Great Trumpian Disaster Mark Brody Thu, 07/02/2026 - 01:16

Donald Trump rages over 'humiliating' Great American State Fair as stage falls apart

The Great American State Fair was held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate America's 250th anniversary, but the event descended into disaster for President Trump amid sparse crowds and a stage mishap

It’s Too Darn Hot

Ha. Here is something Trump did not plan for and cannot change. Mother Nature is telling Trump something he doesn’t want to hear. The Not Great American State Fair was the Completely Empty American State Fair for a while because it’s too DAMN hot! My regards to Raw Story: The Great American State Fair on

LIVE: ‘Great American State Fair’ opens in Washington

Watch live as the “Great American State Fair” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., opens to the public.

MAHA Monday at the Great American State Fair mixes politics and plywood with root canal warnings

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, which arrives groggy after a day in the sun and a night staying up too late watching World Cup soccer. So just what is the Great American State Fair like? Well, in some ways, it is a perfect encapsulation of the nation in 2026: a raw display of []

’Great American State Fair’ kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations

’Great American State Fair’ kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations

Trump humiliation continues as state fair airs live stream to literally no one

The Great American State Fair was hit with another humiliation after a photo was posted by Meghan McCain showing empty fields

How Trump politicized America's 250th birthday

For the past few weeks, visitors have flocked to the National Mall for the Great American State Fair, part of the celebration marking the nation's 250th anniversary. But in this milestone year, President Trump's approach to commemorating the anniversary has injected a more partisan tone into events meant to bring Americans together. Liz Landers reports from the fair.

AMERICAN PRIDE DROPS

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At the Great American State Fair, MAHA Meets Sno-Cones and Corn Dogs

State fairs are famous for their indulgent food, and the Great American State Fair, which opened yesterday on the National Mall in celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday, is no exception. But visitors strolling the rows of booths serving up cheesy fries, loaded nachos and cookies by the bucket will also be able to hear []

'Great American State Fair' kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations

The Great American State Fair kicked off in Washington, D.C., in a “World Fair-style celebration of America’s 250th birthday” on the 4th of July, organizers said. Gavino Garay takes a first look, where fairgoers donned red, white and blue, and religion and Trump were prominent themes throughout — a closeness that had some opening acts cancel their gigs over what they said was partisanship. #greatamericanstatefair #freedom250 #fair #july4th #fourthofjuly

CELEBRATE THIS SATURDAY!

America's birthday isn't just a party... it's THE party. 250 years of freedom, pride, and showing up for each other- and Cumberland County? Yeah, we'r...

Idaho is ready for the America250 celebration while Washington, Oregon sit on the sidelines

Idaho is joining the Great American State Fair for America's 250th while Washington and Oregon skip the celebration over cost and partisan concerns.

PHOTOS: Behold the Assorted Weirdness and Sparse Crowds at Trump’s Great American State Fair 

The “Great American State Fair” kicked off last Thursday in Washington, D.C. While the event was ostensibly a celebration of...

Trump's Great American State Fair is "kind of rubbish"

Donald Trump's Great American State Fair, that 16-day celebration of all things America currently underway at the National Mall, kicked off this weekend not with a bang, but with something more akin to a whimper. The fair, which Jason Weisberger here at Boing Boing likened to a Spirit Halloween installed inside a failing megachurch, is currently limping along, according to many of the hilarious eyewitness accounts from folks who have suffered through a visit so that we don't have to. — Read the rest The post Trump's Great American State Fair is kind of rubbish appeared first on Boing Boing.

Trump’s State Fair Commits a Cardinal Sin

I have been to a great state fair. I have now also been to Trump's state fair.

America’s contentious birthday

America’s contentious birthday

Trump ruins everything

While the reality TV version of Donald Trump would have put on the best semiquincentennial celebration ever, the real one is putting on a combination of banal partisan rally and D- underfunded county fair: I stopped by the Great American State Fair on Tuesday. The website listed the day’s theme as “Innovation, Technology Progress.” [] The post Trump ruins everything appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair Postponed Due to Extreme Heat

Yet another wrinkle has appeared in President Donald Trump’s plans to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. On Friday afternoon, the Great American State Fair was forced to temporarily shut down due to extreme heat in the D.C. area. “Due to the heat, and in coordination with public safety officials, the Great American State Fair will be []

Trump Humiliated as Attendees Rip His ‘Forced’ State Fair

Evan Vucci / REUTERSPresident Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair overpromised and underdelivered.Attendees to the two-week-long fair that spans the length of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., were underwhelmed by the event billed as “a world-class exposition and modern-day World’s Fair” by Freedom 250, a group created by the White House to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Truth or Satire: The Midway Between Fact and Fiction

The Great American State Fair is officially open. So is the competition between reality and satire.

The Internet Can’t Stop Mocking Trump’s Terrible State Fair

Welcome to the Great American State Fair. No, there's no tables and chairs.

Cry Harder: Mainstream Media Weeps Over America250 Celebrations, and It's Weirdly Satisfying

Cry Harder: Mainstream Media Weeps Over America250 Celebrations, and It's Weirdly Satisfying

Here’s How The Great American State Fair Is Creating Little Patriots

Despite criticism, the Great American State Fair is doing exactly what it was intended to do: create lifelong memories in little patriots.

‘Fox & Friends’ Ditches Trump’s Fair After Days of ‘Bare Lawns and Thin Crowds’

One of President Donald Trump’s favorite shows, “Fox Friends,” is pulling up stakes after just days of promoting his Great American State Fair, a 16-day event to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday. According to The Daily Beast, the conservative morning TV show “is back in the studio” after two days, which “it spent talking [] The post ‘Fox Friends’ Ditches Trump’s Fair After Days of ‘Bare Lawns and Thin Crowds’ appeared first on The New Civil Rights Movement.

FUME: Dem Rep. Melanie Stansbury Claiming the Great American State Fair's Empty? Backfired. BIGLY (Pic)

FUME: Dem Rep. Melanie Stansbury Claiming the Great American State Fair's Empty? Backfired. BIGLY (Pic)

At the Great American State Fair, you can find a dinosaur's rib cage. Unity is another matter

The Great American State Fair has kicked off on the National Mall in Washington.

“His Party Sucks”: Congressman Doesn’t Hold Back on Trump Fair

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Trump’s ‘The Great American State Fair’ remains fairly empty

With a 110-ft (33.5-m) Ferris wheel, a rodeo demonstration and an eye-popping array of junk food, “The Great American State Fair” opened on Washington’s National Mall on Thursday to start a 16-day celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary. Notably, the first couple of days drew sparse crowds. It remains unclear what the July 4th holiday []

Yellow Substance Oozing out of Trump's 'Temu' Arch at Great American Fair

The Great American State Fair has hit another snag, this time with the Temu replica of President Donald Trump's proposed victory arch, which appears to be coming apart at the seams.