Trump to headline 'Great American State Fair' for nation's 250th anniversary after artists drop out

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLIN BINKLEY
Updated 6:25 PM CDT, May 30, 2026
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An upcoming celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair,” recently had several musical guests back out partly over the event’s ties to President Donald Trump. Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities, the organizers said Saturday.

“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance,” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social Saturday, adding that he was thinking of bringing “the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists.’”

The group organizing the June fair on Washington’s National Mall, Freedom 250, confirmed the billing in a statement, writing, “we are excited to announce that President Trump will personally kick off this historic celebration on Wednesday, June 24.”

Trump’s social media post twice referenced him holding a rally “Wednesday,” without a specific date. The White House did not immediately clarify the discrepancy.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Dumb donnie...

[Irish_Dem]

2. What a sad, tragic celebration. It is more like a funeral.

For American democracy.

[wolfie001]

12. Thanks to the "Shit 6"

The biggest reason we're at this nadir in American history.

[Irish_Dem]

14. There is enough blame to go around.

Courts, Congress, Media, corporations.

We are a democracy so the buck stops with the American people.

We The People have failed in their basic civic duty.

[dave99]

24. REPUBLICANS !!!! created this shithole

[Irish_Dem]

25. Yes they did.

Then the rest of America let it unfold and take hold.

[Pinback]

3. Not The Onion, Part MCXXLVIII (nt)

[stopdiggin]

4. The sh*t show - that couldn't possibly get any worse ... Has managed to find a way ...

Funny ... And ineffably sad all at once.

They have managed to make it so nobody is really interested in celebrating 250 years of ....
And that my friends - is a truly astonishing achievement!

[The Wizard]

5. May the attendance equal that of his Birthday parade.

Maybe he'll have the Department of War purchase inflatable sex dolls to bolster the numbers.

[BigmanPigman]

6. He is more popular than Elvis "in his prime"

Trump stated he might cancel the concerts and headline the celebration himself:The Boast: He referred to himself as "the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World" and "the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar".

More proof he is bat-shit crazy.

[Wonder Why]

7. He will personally kick off? Can we watch him go?

[johnnyfins]

8. Can't wait to see the tiny crowd.

It will go well with his tiny hands, tiny feet, and...you know the rest.

Lots of SDE.

[Blue Owl]

9. Play YMCA on a boom box while Dump does his pants-shitting "dance"

[sakabatou]

10. It'll just be a bouncy house and unpaid clowns

[wolfie001]

11. Is Teddy Nuggets too old to lift his gee-tar?

Singing about s6x with underage girls is right up the fat orange imbecile's alley.

[twodogsbarking]

13. Crow will be served.

[twodogsbarking]

15. How about a funeral. Put the "fun" in funeral again.

[Sancho]

16. Randy Rainbow is available....

[Bluetus]

17. It was the same thing with the Inaugural. The definition of insanity...

[twodogsbarking]

18. He does weigh 250 lbs though. How patriotic.

[Ray Bruns]

19. Is he going to do that two man jerk off dance his followers think is cool?

[travelingthrulife]

20. Is he going to rape little boys and girls live?

MAGA would love it!

[Rebl2]

21. He will

probably demand/force staff at the White House and other federal workers in D. C. Be there.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. That the organizers have quickly agreed to making it a Trump rally shows how partisan they are

and how partisan it always was.

[ultralite001]

23. He may stand on the stage, oblivious...

Rocking to the tune in his head... Gesturing at the ghosts flitting by...

for an hour or two... while America + the world watches the reruns...

[weirdness begins +/- 1:54:03]

[underpants]

26. It's going to be a MAGA rally

[C_U_L8R]

27. Time to send in the clown.

[kacekwl]

28. No worry,

He'll get his ass kissing cabinet members to perform on stage. Obviously it will be adult want to be only performance .

[Srkdqltr]

29. I thought i saw a list that had Travis Tritt, what's hisname Cyrus, and several other country singers?

[displacedvermoter]

30. Does every participant, save Vanilla Ice and someone I never heard of,

dropping out count as "several musical guests" in the AP style and standard usage guide?

Jeezus...

[tonekat]

31. Maybe he'll sing "Creep"

It would certainly suit him.