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The Great American State Fair’s Main Exhibit Is Trump Corruption

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July 2, 2026

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WASHINGTON, DC – I visited the Great American State Fair on several days over the past week. Yes, it’s empty. Security...

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Politizoom

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· Jul 4, 2026

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

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· Jun 29, 2026

Fuming Trump, 80, Unravels Over His Empty Fair in Early Morning Meltdown

Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersPresident Donald Trump woke in a fury on Monday morning and immediately launched into an angry rant about his state fair flop. The Great American State Fair, delivered by Freedom 250, Trump’s event organization, kicked off last week and was bogged down by issues from the outset. Trump, it appears, noticed the resulting criticism. “Do you think people appreciate what a fantastic job we did in building and operating the Great American State Fair at the National Mall, packed with happy people, and everybody loving it?” he opened his 6:30 a.m. Truth Social post. Read more at The Daily Beast.

BoingBoing

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· Jun 29, 2026

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.

Irish Star

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· Jul 2, 2026

Yellow substance oozing from Trump's State Fair triumphal arch as DC bakes in heat wave

Trump's Great American State Fair, marking the US 250th anniversary, has been hit with embarrassment as a yellow substance was spotted oozing from the viral Triumphal Arch on the National Mall amid a Washington DC heat wave.

Breitbart News

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· Jun 25, 2026

LIVE: President Trump Holds Rally to Kickoff the Great American State Fair...

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· Jul 2, 2026

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

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Related coverage for "The Great American State Fair’s Main Exhibit Is Trump Corruption": Politizoom — It’s Too Darn Hot. The Daily Beast — Fuming Trump, 80, Unravels Over His Empty Fair in Early Morning Meltdown. BoingBoing — Trump's Great American State Fair is "kind of rubbish". Irish Star — Yellow substance oozing from Trump's State Fair triumphal arch as DC bakes in heat wave. Breitbart News — LIVE: President Trump Holds Rally to Kickoff the Great American State Fair.... Portside — The Great American State Fair Is a Great Trumpian Disaster