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karynnj

(61,226 posts)
45. Also, I think DC would be depressing for many
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 06:50 PM
5 hrs ago

A third of the White House is torn down and just a pit filled with rubble. The beautiful rose garden is now a country club like patio with umbrellas and tables. The South lawn is dead, as is the grass in the ellipse. These are areas I loved seeing circa 2015. Not to mention, who knows what the reflecting pool will look like on any day. Add in the patrolling national guard.

I wonder if this is the worst shape the capital has been in since the British attacked.

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I haven't been to a state fair in decades and have no intention of ever attending one again. Lonestarblue 18 hrs ago #1
I thought the concept was interesting as a "state showcase", particularly when you have tourists BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #3
Exactly this! FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #6
Also, I think DC would be depressing for many karynnj 5 hrs ago #45
I thought same until trump, as usual, got his greedy debased hands on it mcar 12 hrs ago #30
Not very well thought out like everything else in this administration Walleye 17 hrs ago #2
A truly meaningless exercise. mwb970 17 hrs ago #4
More tax payer money wasted. Callalily 17 hrs ago #5
A Metaphor Mr.Bee 13 hrs ago #27
New Jersey did not participate but Cape May county bought a vacation themed booth. Not unreasonable, since the 3Hotdogs 17 hrs ago #7
I like California's... 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #8
The side show acts by the old carnival barker himself. Historic NY 16 hrs ago #9
Meet the man who never stops talking. Eighty years and still won't shut up. twodogsbarking 16 hrs ago #11
Surprise, surprise, surprise PJMcK 16 hrs ago #10
He doesn't have anyone competent working for him anymore MadameButterfly 16 hrs ago #13
Excuse me , MadameButterfly: AverageOldGuy 15 hrs ago #16
Oops, I forgot MadameButterfly 15 hrs ago #17
This whole thing is such garbage. paleotn 16 hrs ago #12
Everything MAGA does has similar levels of greatness IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #14
What's all the pissing and moaning about? AverageOldGuy 15 hrs ago #15
Another instance of... MarcoZandrini 15 hrs ago #18
Unless you are a twisted, bizarre and weird maga cult follower mdbl 15 hrs ago #19
Trump was expecting a bright, sunny Rodgers and Hammerstein musical version of State Fair... QueerDuck 15 hrs ago #20
And a peeling, green pool. Beartracks 8 hrs ago #41
If he would have had Melissa's mincemeat pies there more people might have come jmowreader 6 hrs ago #43
I celebrated Trump's Great American State fair with a Bowel movement. chouchou 14 hrs ago #21
That was moving. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #22
Going over like a flying turd. Singles of people showed up yesterda. Anti-Midas works his magic again. Womp womp AZLD4Candidate 14 hrs ago #23
Vandals melted the ice cream. I can hear the words. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #24
a antifa plot oldinmtdem92 13 hrs ago #25
If they also melted Vanilla Ice, they should be given a medal. jls4561 12 hrs ago #28
Ironically it wasn't Ice Cream at all. It was just ice with paint on it. Consider the source. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #33
Will they have butter cow sculpture, or one of Trump? oasis 13 hrs ago #26
Man, you'd have to be careful about having a butter cow at anything Trump did jmowreader 6 hrs ago #44
I LOVE Trump failures. LilElf70 12 hrs ago #29
I heard the Ferris wheel... RussBLib 12 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 11 hrs ago #34
according to google, the wheel does have lights: (from google) orleans 10 hrs ago #36
Thanks RussBLib 10 hrs ago #37
here's the question i asked google: does the trump state fair ferris wheel have lights n/t orleans 9 hrs ago #39
All I can say is... RussBLib 2 hrs ago #49
it's okay. we all have a bit of brain slippage at times (i think) regardless of our age nt orleans 2 hrs ago #50
Another failure, another waste of money sakabatou 11 hrs ago #32
A waste of space Farmer-Rick 9 hrs ago #38
this from the atlantic orleans 10 hrs ago #35
Like nothing you've ever seen Zambero 9 hrs ago #40
Or would want to... BattleRow 5 hrs ago #47
America250 + Freedom 250 "celebrations"... ultralite001 7 hrs ago #42
President Melted_Icecream says . . . Aussie105 5 hrs ago #46
It's the fault of the Leftist Dum(b)ocrats! PJMcK 5 hrs ago #48
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