Trump Cancels His Fair as No One Shows

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2:24Ben Meiselas:Donald Trump promised it was going to be an A-plus culinary experience. And then there was very little food options. He said the entertainment's going to be incredible. It basically looks like you're going to my 8th grade science fair. And quite literally nobody showed up. So they're basically canceling it and they're blaming it on the weather. Oh, yes, there was so much rain in Washington, D.C. that they had to just shut down the Great American Fair for the entire day. Look, the day before, the power was basically broken everywhere in the shack area that they were basically calling the unique culinary experience.

3:05Ben Meiselas:The lights would flicker on and off. They're having massive power issues. the ferris wheel wasn't working that was like one of the only attractions the entire thing was just an absolute failure and by the way i'm the guy who brought down fire festival before i started the midas touch network i was a class action lawyer and a civil rights lawyer and i was the guy who filed the first case against fire festival where they promised it was going to be this incredible experience on pablo escobar's island okay fire festival looks much better than whatever the heck this is. So this was posted from the official Freedom 250 account.

3:43Ben Meiselas:Due to inclement weather in the area, the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair and the FIFA World Cup 2026 fan zone will be closed for the rest of the day, Friday, June 26, 2026. The safety of our guests, staff, and partners remains our top priority. Pause. What guests? What partners? Who's even? No one's there. We are actively monitoring conditions and we'll provide updates as they become available. The Great American State Fair will reopen tomorrow at 10 a.m. This actually could have been a great event. It didn't have to be political. It could have been incredible to have states represented and real incredible music.

4:25Ben Meiselas:But Donald Trump made the thing so weird and divisive. And we're going to go and find the communists here and the weird reflecting pool stuff. The vandals are ripping it apart. And there's like National Guard everywhere and weird AI devices trying to find the Antifa vandals. And people are just like, I don't want to be associated with this. You know, the North Carolina booth at the state fair, which I guess the state of North Carolina didn't want to send anybody because this thing was such an utter failure, was sponsored by private companies and groups. And of course, Confederate flags everywhere.

5:05Ben Meiselas:Reuben Jones, a reporter who stopped by the North Carolina booth at the Great American State Fair, which was sponsored by all of these companies, at an event in Washington, D.C., which is supposed to be sponsored by the United States, Confederate flags everywhere. But a spokesperson for the booth said, the flags that were shown were not approved. As soon as we were made aware, error. We immediately removed the video and began reviewing how it occurred. I'll tell you how it occurred. You put it up, idiots. You put it up. It was everywhere in this little crappy booth. The only thing that was really there was Confederate flags everywhere.

5:41Ben Meiselas:That was the point you wanted to make. You wanted to make a racist point, and that's what you did right there. You all saw the tens of people who were attending right here. You can see the great American American State Fair. This is the model of the triumphal arch right there. You can see the pavilion where there's one, two, three, four, five. Objectively, there may be like 19 people over here. As it got later, there may have been, to be fair, 120 people later on. I guess those are all the guests and the partners. As Homa Bash says, opening day of the Great American Fair. Again, look, there's like, again, nobody there at all.

6:22Ben Meiselas:Lots of National Guard there throughout Washington, D.C., and they are tasked, look at them, they're tasked with guarding the reflecting pool and being used as props for Donald Trump's photos and his social media posts. Good morning from the pool. Oh, absolutely. That's exactly what we wanted to see there as Amanda Moore captured this moment right here. Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to the designated location. It's like stupid 1984. 1984 Orwell was combined with idiocracy. This is what you have. National Guard troops going around the reflecting pool with a voice coming out of an AI machine telling people you can't loiter and walk around the reflecting pool.

7:10Ben Meiselas:Loitering is not permitted. This is, again, an utterly deranged scene here. Watch for yourself.

7:23D.C.

7:24Ben Meiselas:Councilwoman Christina Henderson said, went to the Great American State Fair yesterday so you don't have to. Not a funnel cake, no corn dogs, no bucket lemonade, no fried Snickers and sights. The only ride is the Ferris wheel. And by the way, the Ferris wheel is broken. It's not that kind of state fair, y 'all. Saxophones were not added to this recording. And she also writes, before you pack up your kids to go down there, just know the main attraction is the state boots. Not every state offers an interactive attraction. Real missed opportunity on the food aspect, though. A taste of the states would have been fun.

8:05Ben Meiselas:There's this weird Willy Wonka thing right there, as Ben Brash writes, the weekday daytime crowd here at the Great American State Fair is light. Speaking of light, the lights keep turning on and off and the power keeps going on and off and the food tends. And then the ice cream started to melt and the food started to rot because the power wasn't working. As CityCast D says, oops, the much hyped Ferris wheel per KLCS at the Great American State Fair is down. The power continued to go down over there. Most people assume that if they're taking supplements every day, they're getting the benefits. But the reality is the vast majority of supplements have incredibly low absorption rates, meaning most of what people spend money on never actually get used by the body.

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10:23Ben Meiselas:cases, Americans' culinary traditions. And then it was like, this was what it was, pulled pork burger and fries. I don't know what the heck is even going on there. Anyway, I'll just try to show for you how even like the propaganda coming out of the Trump regime tried to frame this, where you'll see nobody there. So this was the post from NASA. We are at the great American State Fair in Washington, D.C. Discover the technology and science driving our most exciting missions. And it's like astronauts, like cardboard box versions of the astronauts. Here, you can see this for yourself. Let's play this clip.

11:14Ben Meiselas:And then on Fox, they were like, the event was going to be great, but the rain screwed it all up. here. Let's play this clip.

11:26Home is where the heartland is as today's America's 250 celebrations spotlight the country's farmers, ranchers, and agriculture leaders. Now, Mother Nature had a bit of an agenda of her own today. Senior national correspondent Kevin Cork shows us the sights and sounds of today's festivities. When I saw you out there, it wasn't raining yet. No, it had not started, we were looking west, we were like, it's going to rain. Indeed. But you know, they say rain on your wedding day is good luck. And if that's any indication of the future fortunes of the great American state fair, they're in for a great many days of fun and fortune, just not tonight.

12:00Thanks to the bad weather in the area, Freedom 250 is no mas. It'll start again tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. In the meantime, be there. Aloha. As for the folks who are out there today, while it lasted, Today's theme was American Grown. And we're not just talking about American produce. We're talking about being American Grown, being part of the American family, comfortable listening to jazz as we are the country, a community that celebrates 4-H, FFA, rodeos, ranching, all while paying respects to our farmers. I feel like it's a renewed focus on the importance of our farmers and our ranchers and agriculture in general.

12:37If we can't feed ourselves, then we lose freedom in this country. There will not be in America 350 or 450 or 500. Salute to the farmers and the ranchers. Now for the many thousands who did brave the heat and humidity and beat the rain. Today's celebration was just as enjoyable as it was meaningful. It's all the history. I think coming back and remembering it is important for not only us, but for our children. The fair itself. It's a great big birthday party. You know, it's family friendly. It's clean. The rides, just everything and representing all the states and what makes America, America. As mentioned, the fair resumes tomorrow at 10 a.m.

13:14No word on the flyovers. We suspect there'll be plenty. And we don't know about Vanilla Ice. He was slated to perform tonight. We'll see if he hangs out for tomorrow.

13:21Ben Meiselas:But Vanilla Ice was going to perform over here. This was the special report coming out of it as well. Let's play this clip. Is in D.C. with the details. Kevin, so is Vanilla Ice getting iced out? You're so funny. Don't quit your day job, Raymond. You are hilarious. Now, listen, Charlie. Unfortunately, listen, if you got out there early today, chances are you had a great time. You got to see the great All-American State Fair. But if you plan to slide in there tonight after 5 o 'clock, too late, too bad. Mother Nature put you right back in your car. Rain moved into the area right around 5 o 'clock Eastern time, which means if you left work and you think you'd pop over, you missed out, at least for today.

14:00Not to worry, tomorrow the fair resumes at 10 a.m. Vanilla Ice was slated for tonight. We don't know if he's going to hang around. A lot of people were looking forward to seeing him, but he was a good sport today all the same, Charlie.

14:13Ben Meiselas:And then Raymond Arroyo tried to make this thing look good. But again, it just looks absolutely horrible. Let's play this clip. We made it. We made it. A great American state fair, Laura. Cozies and key rings from all 56 territories. Well, little stuffed animals, all made in the United States. And a Ferris wheel. Let's go. All right, let's go.

14:41they're thin outfits yeah this is the space lounge where so now we're here at the state pavilions um what are we doing wyoming oh cowboys is there a cute cowboy and here's how kayla this

14:55Ben Meiselas:is the article from citycast dc here's how kayla cody described it i went to the great american state fair so you don't have to nobody there seriously nobody a man shouted into his phone as he exited the great American State Fair. It was a pretty good one-liner for what I was about to experience. I got there at 5 p.m. opening day, walked right in. Despite being one of America 250's biggest attractions, there was no line. Suddenly, I was a lone Sims character dropped into a brand new game. Then she says, a few other confused red, white, and blue Sims wandered around the premises. There's no music, no laughter, no fried dough smells.

15:34Ben Meiselas:under than an unwieldy 110 Ferris wheel. There was nothing to suggest any type of state fair that I grew up with. She goes on to talk about how it's a 16-day exhibition on the National Mall that runs from June 25th to July 10th. I say halls, but a closer inspection revealed them to be makeshift plywood shacks with ionic pillars printed on vinyl and stapled to the side. Georgia's booth is filled with scary AI art of chicken farmers and crates from the beloved North Georgia roadside market. Alabama's booth is just one room with a bucket of peanuts in the middle. Florida's booth was the best I found was a small mini golf course and a wall of famous Florida men and women, including Mississippi-born Jimmy Buffett.

16:29Ben Meiselas:The DC booth was a small cavern with a fake cherry blossom tree where people were encouraged to place tags. They ranged from John 3.16 to Love Jesus Christ. An hour into my excursion, it was time for the main event, the food stand. So far, I was underwhelmed, but I figure that could easily be washed away with deep fried carndogs and hot pink cotton candy, right? And she goes, I walked into the hilariously long makeshift food hall, which was empty, save for a few apathetic looking employees scrolling on their phones. What I saw made a 7-Eleven roller grill hot dog look like a gastronomic masterpiece.

17:08Ben Meiselas:A few anemic burgers sat limpy behind the kiosk. It looked like they had been sitting in the hot tent for several hours. The woman at the cash register told me they had been experiencing power outages on and off all day. It was not reassuring. Was this even safe? I pointed to the pathetic thing. What's that? That's a pulled pork burger. I would just have to believe her. I paid$27 to put it out of its misery. Oh, man. Well, there you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. sub stack at MidasPlus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski, ad-free episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content only available at MidasPlus.com.