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Trump’s Tacky State Fair Suffers Literal Meltdown
The Daily Beast • • general
Key Points:
- The Great American State Fair, launched by President Trump to celebrate the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary, experienced a power outage on its first day, causing ice cream to melt and delays in heating food items such as stuffed pretzel rolls.
- Only a limited number of food stalls were operational at the start, offering high-priced items like turkey legs for $23 and lemonade for $9, while the crowd attendance was reported as light.
- Trump claimed 45,000 people attended his kickoff rally on the National Mall, but video evidence and reports indicated the crowd was sparse and thinned out before his speech ended.
- The festival coincides with issues at the nearby Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has suffered a severe algae bloom after a $16 million renovation project, and will require further repairs post-Independence Day.
- Trump has alleged without evidence that “leftist” vandals caused the pool’s condition and claimed arrests and citations were made, though these claims remain unverified.
