{"id":2308,"date":"2026-06-26T21:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:17:31","slug":"trumps-empty-great-state-fair-exposed-in-damning-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2308","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Empty \u2018Great State Fair\u2019 Exposed in Damning Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>This is Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cGreat American State Fair\u201d pictured in all its crowd-free glory.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2306\">Firm Rejected \u2018Unfeasible\u2019 Trump Reflecting Pool Job<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The spectacle on the National Mall in Washington D.C. is ready to receive thousands of visitors. Instead, it is virtually deserted.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Not that there is much to see. Amid the sprawling stretches of open space, there is a 110-foot Freedom 250 ferris wheel and a tacky plywood \u201cTriumph Arch\u201d dominating the center of the grounds, a replica of the monument Trump wants to build near D.C.\u2019s sacred Arlington Cemetery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are no corn dogs or funnel cakes. No roller coasters or merry go rounds. And by Friday morning, Pennsylvania became the latest of several Democratic states to declare it was not taking part. <\/p>\n<p>Some had opted out due to the high cost to taxpayers or not being able to secure any businesses to sponsor a booth. Others had chosen not to attend after the supposedly nonpartisan event suddenly seemed political, with Trump himself kicking off the fair with a MAGA rally earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The most noticeable thing: the lack of crowds.<\/p>\n<p>As temperatures climbed, a clump of fairgoers waited under the hot DC sun for a ride on the Freedom 250 Ferris wheel\u2014one of the festival\u2019s marquee attractions, perhaps its only\u2014even as much of the surrounding fairgrounds remained conspicuously quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, a jazz band played to an audience of about 10 people. (Don\u2019t ask about the food: On its first full day, a power shortage hit the food pavilion, resulting in melted ice cream and concerns about spoilt food.)<\/p>\n<p>The most energetic vibe wasn\u2019t at the Ferris wheel or the live rodeo; it was packed into an evangelical Christian tent, singing and dancing to a worship band, present despite some rather famous lines in the Constitution about church and state.<\/p>\n<p>Every state is supposed to have an exhibit at the fair. But some looked more like hastily assembled trade show booths than a celebration of America\u2019s semiquincentennial. <\/p>\n<p>Kansas features a cardboard cutout of Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow, ready for visitors to pose in, although none posed when the Daily Beast saw it.<\/p>\n<p>D.C.\u2019s has a plastic cherry blossom tree, while Ohio\u2019s pavilion plays videos of Republican governor Mike DeWine promoting a Dolly Parton library. <\/p>\n<p>The most lively showcase was arguably West Virginia\u2019s, where attendees can ride a driving simulator through a scenic route, in a nod to John Denver\u2019s <i>Take Me Home<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2305\">Trump Hit With Ominous Midterm Warnings in Deep Red Areas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other states simply didn\u2019t send anything. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State of Oregon will not be participating in the Great American State Fair due to both the cost of participating in the Fair and growing concerns that the event in Washington D.C. is shaping up to be a more partisan affair than originally presented,\u201d Oregon spokesperson Luke Harkins told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, organizers sought to make up for their absence with lackluster results: the Maine pavilion, for example, featured a drab room with facts about the state and its trademark lobster on the walls. Oregon, for its part, got a wall that simply said \u201cthe beaver state\u201d and one wooden chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one is boring!\u201d a young boy squealed as he peeped into the room and promptly walked out.<\/p>\n<p>The subdued atmosphere comes as Trump\u2019s Freedom 250 project continues to court controversy. <\/p>\n<p>The White House created the initiative after months of tensions with the congressionally chartered America250 commission, which had spent years planning the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary celebrations before Trump\u2019s team launched its own parallel vision for the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>The competing organizations have feuded over programming, branding and the direction of the anniversary, while critics have accused the administration of transforming what was intended to be a unifying national celebration into a Trump-centric production. <\/p>\n<p>The temporary Triumph Arch has become one of the most visible symbols of that effort, with critics dismissing it as a taxpayer-funded vanity project planted in the middle of the National Mall. <\/p>\n<p>Trump, meanwhile, kicked off the event with a rally on Thursday night, telling the crowd that the celebration marked the beginning of America\u2019s new \u201cGolden Age\u201d and promised even bigger festivities when he returns on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, after footage showed less-than-expected numbers and scores of people walking out during his speech, the president put out a self-soothing post declaring the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Crowd was incredible last night, packed to the brim \u2014 At least 45,000 people were there, with a huge Television and online audience,\u201d the 80-year-old wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish we were able to have an even larger area, which we will be able to do on July 4th when I\u2019ll be speaking again. The airplane flyovers and music were fantastic. Everybody stayed right until the end of my Speech because they loved hearing about a truly successful America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2303\">Missing Republican Returns to Work With Jaw-Droppingly Greedy Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cGreat American State Fair\u201d pictured in all its crowd-free glory. Read more Firm Rejected \u2018Unfeasible\u2019 Trump Reflecting Pool Job The spectacle on the National Mall in Washington D.C. is ready to receive thousands of visitors. Instead, it is virtually deserted. Not that there is much to see. 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