Trump says great state fair ‘packed to the brim’ despite almost no one showing up

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

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.

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.

Walz swipes at Freedom 250 by calling Minnesota event ‘America’s real state fair’

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) took aim Monday at President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Great American State Fair, calling it a shadow of Minnesota’s. “America’s real state fair starts August 27,” Walz said in an X post. “Plan accordingly and thank you for your attention to this matter.” Trump’s 16-day Great American State Fair celebrates the []

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.