Trump’s Empty Fair Gets Ultimate ‘Seek Shelter’ Humiliation

For the second time in three days, inclement weather has shut down festivities at President Donald Trump’s “Great American State Fair,” putting a damper on the already embarrassing event.

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“Due to inclement weather in the area, the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair and FIFA World Cup 2026™ Fan Zone will be temporarily postponed and attendees are encouraged to seek shelter,” Freedom250, the organization behind the event, announced on Sunday.

The Daily Beast has reached out to Freedom250 and the White House for comment.

Stormy weather also put the event on pause on Friday, as organizers shut down the event for the day around 5 p.m. and canceled Vanilla Ice’s scheduled performance later in the evening.

Since Trump, 80, kicked off the 16-day event with a MAGA rally on Wednesday, the American extravaganza has faced one humiliation after another.

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From an embarrassingly low turnout and a questionable selection of attractions to exorbitantly high menu prices and a power outage that melted all the ice cream, the president’s state fair has really set the stage for an underwhelming celebration of America’s semiquincentennial.

The president boasted that “45,000 people” came to hear his speech on the National Mall on Wednesday, but videos from the event appeared to paint a different picture.

As seen in a video from CNN on Wednesday, the network’s Donie O’Sullivan spoke with Anderson Cooper live from the event just 20 minutes before Trump was set to speak. A large empty space was visible behind the reporter in the moments leading up to the speech.

In another humiliating blow to Trump, reporting from The Bulwark also found that attendees largely began filing out before the president was even done speaking.

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