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Farmer-Rick

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38. A waste of space

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:55 PM

Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP

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

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

Exactly this! FakeNoose Yesterday #6

Also, I think DC would be depressing for many karynnj 20 hrs ago #45

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

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

A truly meaningless exercise. mwb970 Yesterday #4

More tax payer money wasted. Callalily Yesterday #5

A Metaphor Mr.Bee Yesterday #27

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

I like California's... 2naSalit Yesterday #8

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

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

Surprise, surprise, surprise PJMcK Yesterday #10

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

Excuse me , MadameButterfly: AverageOldGuy Yesterday #16

Oops, I forgot MadameButterfly Yesterday #17

This whole thing is such garbage. paleotn Yesterday #12

Everything MAGA does has similar levels of greatness IronLionZion Yesterday #14

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

Another instance of... MarcoZandrini Yesterday #18

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

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

And a peeling, green pool. Beartracks 23 hrs ago #41

If he would have had Melissa's mincemeat pies there more people might have come jmowreader 20 hrs ago #43

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

That was moving. twodogsbarking Yesterday #22

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

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

a antifa plot oldinmtdem92 Yesterday #25

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

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

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

Man, you'd have to be careful about having a butter cow at anything Trump did jmowreader 20 hrs ago #44

I LOVE Trump failures. LilElf70 Yesterday #29

I heard the Ferris wheel... RussBLib Yesterday #31

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

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

Thanks RussBLib Yesterday #37

here's the question i asked google: does the trump state fair ferris wheel have lights n/t orleans 23 hrs ago #39

All I can say is... RussBLib 16 hrs ago #49

it's okay. we all have a bit of brain slippage at times (i think) regardless of our age nt orleans 16 hrs ago #50

Another failure, another waste of money sakabatou Yesterday #32

A waste of space Farmer-Rick Yesterday #38

this from the atlantic orleans Yesterday #35

Like nothing you've ever seen Zambero 23 hrs ago #40

Or would want to... BattleRow 19 hrs ago #47

America250 + Freedom 250 "celebrations"... ultralite001 21 hrs ago #42

President Melted_Icecream says . . . Aussie105 20 hrs ago #46

It's the fault of the Leftist Dum(b)ocrats! PJMcK 19 hrs ago #48