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Farmer-Rick

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38. A waste of space

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:55 PM

Jun 27

No corn dogs, no waffle cones, no bouncy house, No high striker strongman challenge, no tea cup spin, no balloon darts, no largest squash competition or best hog, no pie or cake competitions, nothing there except the ferris wheel.

Did they let Melania organize it, or was it Musk, or maybe a 6 year old?

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Trump's Great American State Fair opens with melted ice cream, empty booths [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 27 OP

I haven't been to a state fair in decades and have no intention of ever attending one again. Lonestarblue Jun 27 #1

I thought the concept was interesting as a "state showcase", particularly when you have tourists BumRushDaShow Jun 27 #3

Exactly this! FakeNoose Jun 27 #6

Also, I think DC would be depressing for many karynnj Jun 27 #45

I thought same until trump, as usual, got his greedy debased hands on it mcar Jun 27 #30

Not very well thought out like everything else in this administration Walleye Jun 27 #2

A truly meaningless exercise. mwb970 Jun 27 #4

More tax payer money wasted. Callalily Jun 27 #5

A Metaphor Mr.Bee Jun 27 #27

New Jersey did not participate but Cape May county bought a vacation themed booth. Not unreasonable, since the 3Hotdogs Jun 27 #7

I like California's... 2naSalit Jun 27 #8

The side show acts by the old carnival barker himself. Historic NY Jun 27 #9

Meet the man who never stops talking. Eighty years and still won't shut up. twodogsbarking Jun 27 #11

Surprise, surprise, surprise PJMcK Jun 27 #10

He doesn't have anyone competent working for him anymore MadameButterfly Jun 27 #13

Excuse me , MadameButterfly: AverageOldGuy Jun 27 #16

Oops, I forgot MadameButterfly Jun 27 #17

This whole thing is such garbage. paleotn Jun 27 #12

Everything MAGA does has similar levels of greatness IronLionZion Jun 27 #14

What's all the pissing and moaning about? AverageOldGuy Jun 27 #15

Another instance of... MarcoZandrini Jun 27 #18

Unless you are a twisted, bizarre and weird maga cult follower mdbl Jun 27 #19

Trump was expecting a bright, sunny Rodgers and Hammerstein musical version of State Fair... QueerDuck Jun 27 #20

And a peeling, green pool. Beartracks Jun 27 #41

If he would have had Melissa's mincemeat pies there more people might have come jmowreader Jun 27 #43

I celebrated Trump's Great American State fair with a Bowel movement. chouchou Jun 27 #21

That was moving. twodogsbarking Jun 27 #22

Going over like a flying turd. Singles of people showed up yesterda. Anti-Midas works his magic again. Womp womp AZLD4Candidate Jun 27 #23

Vandals melted the ice cream. I can hear the words. twodogsbarking Jun 27 #24

a antifa plot oldinmtdem92 Jun 27 #25

If they also melted Vanilla Ice, they should be given a medal. jls4561 Jun 27 #28

Ironically it wasn't Ice Cream at all. It was just ice with paint on it. Consider the source. twodogsbarking Jun 27 #33

Will they have butter cow sculpture, or one of Trump? oasis Jun 27 #26

Man, you'd have to be careful about having a butter cow at anything Trump did jmowreader Jun 27 #44

I LOVE Trump failures. LilElf70 Jun 27 #29

I heard the Ferris wheel... RussBLib Jun 27 #31

The USA Today OP article mentions that near the bottom and included a link to someone's Xitter post about it BumRushDaShow Jun 27 #34

according to google, the wheel does have lights: (from google) orleans Jun 27 #36

Thanks RussBLib Jun 27 #37

here's the question i asked google: does the trump state fair ferris wheel have lights n/t orleans Jun 27 #39

All I can say is... RussBLib Jun 27 #49

it's okay. we all have a bit of brain slippage at times (i think) regardless of our age nt orleans Jun 27 #50

Another failure, another waste of money sakabatou Jun 27 #32

A waste of space Farmer-Rick Jun 27 #38

this from the atlantic orleans Jun 27 #35

Like nothing you've ever seen Zambero Jun 27 #40

Or would want to... BattleRow Jun 27 #47

America250 + Freedom 250 "celebrations"... ultralite001 Jun 27 #42

President Melted_Icecream says . . . Aussie105 Jun 27 #46

It's the fault of the Leftist Dum(b)ocrats! PJMcK Jun 27 #48