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QueerDuck

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 09:34 AM

5 hrs ago

... but instead of Blue Ribbons, he ended up with a technical glitch-ridden production of Sweeney Todd --- just a lot of screeching microphones, a dwindling crowd, and a guy aggressively trying to sell everyone a bad bill of goods.

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Trump's Great American State Fair opens with melted ice cream, empty booths [View all] BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP

I haven't been to a state fair in decades and have no intention of ever attending one again. Lonestarblue 8 hrs ago #1

I thought the concept was interesting as a "state showcase", particularly when you have tourists BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #3

Exactly this! FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #6

I thought same until trump, as usual, got his greedy debased hands on it mcar 2 hrs ago #30

Not very well thought out like everything else in this administration Walleye 8 hrs ago #2

A truly meaningless exercise. mwb970 7 hrs ago #4

More tax payer money wasted. Callalily 7 hrs ago #5

A Metaphor Mr.Bee 3 hrs ago #27

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

I like California's... 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #8

The side show acts by the old carnival barker himself. Historic NY 7 hrs ago #9

Meet the man who never stops talking. Eighty years and still won't shut up. twodogsbarking 6 hrs ago #11

Surprise, surprise, surprise PJMcK 6 hrs ago #10

He doesn't have anyone competent working for him anymore MadameButterfly 6 hrs ago #13

Excuse me , MadameButterfly: AverageOldGuy 6 hrs ago #16

Oops, I forgot MadameButterfly 5 hrs ago #17

This whole thing is such garbage. paleotn 6 hrs ago #12

Everything MAGA does has similar levels of greatness IronLionZion 6 hrs ago #14

What's all the pissing and moaning about? AverageOldGuy 6 hrs ago #15

Another instance of... MarcoZandrini 5 hrs ago #18

Unless you are a twisted, bizarre and weird maga cult follower mdbl 5 hrs ago #19

Trump was expecting a bright, sunny Rodgers and Hammerstein musical version of State Fair... QueerDuck 5 hrs ago #20

I celebrated Trump's Great American State fair with a Bowel movement. chouchou 5 hrs ago #21

That was moving. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #22

Going over like a flying turd. Singles of people showed up yesterda. Anti-Midas works his magic again. Womp womp AZLD4Candidate 4 hrs ago #23

Vandals melted the ice cream. I can hear the words. twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #24

a antifa plot oldinmtdem92 3 hrs ago #25

If they also melted Vanilla Ice, they should be given a medal. jls4561 3 hrs ago #28

Ironically it wasn't Ice Cream at all. It was just ice with paint on it. Consider the source. twodogsbarking 1 hr ago #33

Will they have butter cow sculpture, or one of Trump? oasis 3 hrs ago #26

I LOVE Trump failures. LilElf70 2 hrs ago #29

I heard the Ferris wheel... RussBLib 2 hrs ago #31

The USA Today OP article mentions that near the bottom and included a link to someone's Xitter post about it BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #34

according to google, the wheel does have lights: (from google) orleans 1 hr ago #36

Thanks RussBLib 29 min ago #37

Another failure, another waste of money sakabatou 2 hrs ago #32

A waste of space Farmer-Rick 5 min ago #38

this from the atlantic orleans 1 hr ago #35