Trump so enraged at the small crowds for his State Fair rally that staff is furiously deleting social media photos: repo

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump became so upset over photos showing less-than-enthusiastic turnout at his Great American State Fair kickoff speech that White House staff scrambled to delete the images from social media after he melted down at them.

The president was "livid" over an aerial image of his MAGA rally-style remarks to mark the opening of the shambolic event last week, which NBC News later reported as having drawn "nowhere near" the 45,000-strong crowd he boasted about on Truth Social, CNN reported.

The network reported that his angry reaction prompted his own staff to scrub photos of the small crowds from official and personal social media channels in a vain attempt to memory-hole the poor turnout.

Trump had turned the launch event for his Freedom 250 project into a celebration of himself as much as America's 250th birthday after a group of artists booked to perform backed out because they'd been led to believe it had been organized by America 250, the bipartisan, Congressionally chartered group celebrating America's 250th anniversary that has been sidelined by the MAGA-aligned Freedom 250 organization.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-enraged-small-crowds-state-155005417.html

As Biden said, "What a loser!!"

[durablend]

1. Fuck him

[tanyev]

2. Rage on, Liddle Donny.

[oasis]

3. Trump's event is more underwhelming than a

Freeper rally. More port-o-potties than people.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. MaddowBlog-Trump scrambles to exaggerate pitiful crowd size at Great American State Fair event

Stepping back, it’s worth appreciating the fact that the president is doing something inherently difficult: screwing up simple ceremonial duties.

Trump scrambles to exaggerate pitiful crowd size at Great American State Fair event.

Stepping back, it’s worth appreciating the fact that the president is doing something inherently difficult: screwing up simple ceremonial duties.

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— TheBlackPage (Woke, DEI forever against fascism) (@theblackpage.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T22:04:03.659Z

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In case that weren’t quite enough, turnout for the event was — how do I put this gently — underwhelming.

An NBC News report noted, “Roughly half of those in Wednesday’s crowd of more than 1,000 wore Trump’s slogans or likeness on their clothes. For them, America’s 250th birthday was secondary to an opportunity to see the president.” The Washington Post ran a related report that noted, in reference to attendees, “The crowd thinly covered an area about the length of the National Museum of American History, smaller than some summer outdoor movie screenings.”

The New Republic added, “Dozens of attendees Wednesday were seen flocking toward the exits in the middle of Trump’s address, which was meant to kick-start the two-week event.”

Take a wild guess who did not appreciate the reporting.

On Thursday afternoon, the day after the poorly attended event, the president wrote on his social media platform:

The Crowd was incredible last night, packed to the brim — At least 45,000 people were there, with a huge Television and online audience. I wish we were able to have an even larger area, which we will be able to do on July 4th when I’ll 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.

Five hours later, either trying to convince the public or himself, he published a follow-up item, which read in part, “Last night’s Rally was packed — 45,000 people.”

An NBC News report described the president’s claim as “false,” adding that the actual total was “nowhere near 45,000 people.”

The fact that Trump appears to have lied about a crowd size is pitiful but predictable. He has, after all, been doing this since literally the first day of his first term.

But stepping back, it’s also worth appreciating the fact that the incumbent president is doing something inherently difficult: screwing up simple ceremonial duties.

[wnylib]

5. Very simple reason for the low turnout.

Nobody wanted to celebrate him.

Crowd would have been larger if he had kept it to a celebration of the nation's birthday and not a celebration of him.

He will never understand, though, that not every event in life has to be about him.

[purr-rat beauty]

6. If he just withered away...

He wouldn't have to worry about crowd sizes

[yardwork]

7. I'm surprised they aren't showing him AI images.

I sort of wonder if this story is even true because they're all very adept with AI so not sure why they are showing him real photos.

[Brenda]

8. Shambolic

Per Dictionary.com:

very disorganized; messy or confused.

Good use of the word there.