Trump scrambles to exaggerate pitiful crowd size at 'Great American State Fair' event

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Ahead of the nation's 250th birthday, the White House organized something it described as the "Great American State Fair," which would help kick off the festivities in the nation's capital. Even before Wednesday's launch, however, the event started to unravel.

Not only did musical acts withdraw from the gathering, but roughly a fifth of the nation's states decided not to send official delegations or spend public money on participating in the fair.

When the gathering got underway on Wednesday night, things managed to get even worse. Not only did Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy mock the musicians who chose not to perform — the former Fox News host labeled the artists "libtards," an offensive term that combines the words "liberal" and "retard" — but he was soon followed by Donald Trump, who delivered a campaign-style speech and made much of the gathering a celebration of himself, not the country.

In case that weren't quite enough, turnout for the event was — how do I put this gently — underwhelming.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-scrambles-exaggerate-pitiful-crowd-162214913.html

[wcmagumba]

1. It's bigger than the "I have a dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King...many more peoples...ha ha ha...

[jimmy the one]

2. Crowd estimated at 'more than' 1,000 on national mall D.C.

Trumpass spoke about 30 minutes and half the attendees were dressed blood red maga..
Trumpass was including phantom attendees from tv watchers, to get 45,000.

[Klarkashton]

3. The whole thing is a cheap embarrassment.

Shoddy half ass nothing.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. Just like trump himself.....

[Klarkashton]

7. Our town has a fair every year that has more

And better carnival rides than that half ass broken down ferris wheel I see in the vids there.

[jimmy the one]

5. MS Now video of trumpjasses kickoff speech

https://m.

&ra=m

[jimmy the one]

6. Try this link for trumpasses kickoff speech

https://m.youtube.com/c/msnbc/null?ra=m

[Botany]

8. Our local ComFest has @ least 50,000 people over its 3 day run.

There might not have been 200 people there and the walked out when Trump was speaking.

[ultralite001]

9. 🤣🤣🤣

The Washington Post: "The crowd thinly covered an area about the length of the National Museum of American History, smaller than some summer outdoor movie screenings."

The New Republic: "Dozens of attendees Wednesday were seen flocking toward the exits in the middle of Trump's address, which was meant to kick-start the two-week event."

Cue the infamous "two weeks"...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. MaddowBlog-Trump scrambles to exaggerate pitiful crowd size at Great American State Fair event

Stepping back, it’s worth appreciating the fact that the president is doing something inherently difficult: screwing up simple ceremonial duties.

Trump scrambles to exaggerate pitiful crowd size at Great American State Fair event.

Stepping back, it’s worth appreciating the fact that the president is doing something inherently difficult: screwing up simple ceremonial duties.

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— TheBlackPage (Woke, DEI forever against fascism) (@theblackpage.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T22:04:03.659Z

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In case that weren’t quite enough, turnout for the event was — how do I put this gently — underwhelming.

An NBC News report noted, “Roughly half of those in Wednesday’s crowd of more than 1,000 wore Trump’s slogans or likeness on their clothes. For them, America’s 250th birthday was secondary to an opportunity to see the president.” The Washington Post ran a related report that noted, in reference to attendees, “The crowd thinly covered an area about the length of the National Museum of American History, smaller than some summer outdoor movie screenings.”

The New Republic added, “Dozens of attendees Wednesday were seen flocking toward the exits in the middle of Trump’s address, which was meant to kick-start the two-week event.”

Take a wild guess who did not appreciate the reporting.

On Thursday afternoon, the day after the poorly attended event, the president wrote on his social media platform:

The Crowd was incredible last night, packed to the brim — At least 45,000 people were there, with a huge Television and online audience. I wish we were able to have an even larger area, which we will be able to do on July 4th when I’ll be speaking again. The airplane flyovers and music were fantastic. Everybody stayed right until the end of my Speech because they loved hearing about a truly successful America.

Five hours later, either trying to convince the public or himself, he published a follow-up item, which read in part, “Last night’s Rally was packed — 45,000 people.”

An NBC News report described the president’s claim as “false,” adding that the actual total was “nowhere near 45,000 people.”

The fact that Trump appears to have lied about a crowd size is pitiful but predictable. He has, after all, been doing this since literally the first day of his first term.

But stepping back, it’s also worth appreciating the fact that the incumbent president is doing something inherently difficult: screwing up simple ceremonial duties.