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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(139,225 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 03:20 PM Jun 28

Attendees say Donald Trump's Great American State Fair fell short of expectations

President 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.

The fair promised to “showcase the very best of America through state pavilions, industry displays, family-friendly attractions, movie screenings, musical performances, military ensembles, spectacular flyovers, daily cultural programming, and an iconic Ferris wheel on the National Mall.”

Instead, attendees who came from all over the country were met with Trumpy installations, empty booths, melted ice cream, and, for some reason, a cow named after first lady Melania Trump.




https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/attendees-say-donald-trump-s-great-american-state-fair-fell-short-of-expectations/ar-AA26GOZ8

Kind of like everything else Trump does.
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Attendees say Donald Trump's Great American State Fair fell short of expectations (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 28 OP
I say it's right on brand lame54 Jun 28 #1
The Melania cow is really cute, though. -nt CrispyQ Jun 28 #2
She's got the same aloof squint. meadowlander Jun 28 #3
In bovine expressions, she is aloof and ahoof. Onthefly Jun 28 #6
Yes MustLoveBeagles Jun 28 #11
FUX, the WH PressSec, and other MAGAts are using images of FIFA's Fanfest in DC and claiming RockRaven Jun 28 #4
My favorite part of this whole thing: Scrivener7 Jun 28 #5
Free mangos! yardwork Jun 28 #7
I'd totally be on that mango line. Scrivener7 Jun 28 #9
"Moo Best" QueerDuck Jun 28 #8
When dealing with trump, high expectations are planned disappointments... Wounded Bear Jun 28 #10
PEDO Propaganda State Fair. Cha Jun 28 #12
It looked lame BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 28 #13
Moolania? purr-rat beauty Jun 28 #14

RockRaven

(20,167 posts)
4. FUX, the WH PressSec, and other MAGAts are using images of FIFA's Fanfest in DC and claiming
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 03:43 PM
Jun 28

they are the 250 event, because the real images of the sparse attendance are so embarrassingly bad.

(the fan fest thing is technically part of the 250 thing, but everything else there is dead as a door nail, so it is clearly an independent draw)

Scrivener7

(60,472 posts)
5. My favorite part of this whole thing:
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 03:46 PM
Jun 28
On the same afternoon that almost nobody was turning up for this, Dupont Circle was insanely packed with many 100s of people standing in long lines around the entire park area just because the Indian embassy was handing out free mangoes.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1044&pid=12686

Cha

(321,745 posts)
12. PEDO Propaganda State Fair.
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 06:33 PM
Jun 28

"Freedom".. they throw that word around like most Americans don't know it's udder Bulshit.

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