Trump's Great American State Fair off to rough start as fans walk out on his speech
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Donald Trump’s “ Great American State Fair ” being held on the Mall in Washington, DC, is off to a ragged start with supporters of the president walking out on him as he was still speaking at an opening rally Wednesday night.
As NBC News reported, hours after the president got into a shouting match with Republicans in a closed-door meeting, he attended the opening ceremonies and told fans, “As you know very well, a short time ago we were a dead country. We were dead. Now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. We’re respected by everybody. Nobody’s laughing at us anymore.”
The report also noted that the president drew a sparse crowd estimated at slightly more than 1,000 MAGA fans and curious onlookers, with some unimpressed with what they found at the Fair, which has been troubled by finding entertainers willing to perform.
According to the report, “More than one attendee expressed disappointment after walking into a stand advertising beer and being informed no alcohol was available.”
That might explain the exodus of a substantial number of attendees who were filmed streaming out, many wearing MAGA hats, while the president could still be heard speaking in the background, which was posted to social media.
Adding to the desultory affair, FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, singer Alexis Wilkins, reportedly butchered the opening Star-Spangled Banner, with one critic observing, “ She sounds like A DEAD CAT!!!!!"
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Its never good when your party has no beer.
I saw her sing, and in fairness she was no worse than 90% of other people who sing the anthem.
I saw her also and to be fair she did a much better job than any cats I've heard.
She's not going to win any grammys, but I've heard worse national anthems at NBA games.
Alexis Wilkins, Kash Patel's girlfriend, sings national anthem at Great American State Fair rally
It's not an easy song to perform
kash warmed up her vocal chords just before the performance ...
Trump Is Making the 250th Small
The State Fair rally was an empty celebration of a man instead of a country.
Most Americans seem to understand that the Fourth of July is about something bigger than ourselves. It is about celebrating our democracy and our role as citizens—as equals—in it. George Washington understood what that meant. In his last will and testament, he described himself as “a citizen of the United States, and lately president of the same.” He cherished being an American citizen —a title he and the other American revolutionaries helped create—holding that status even more dear than the temporary honor of the presidency.
If only Donald Trump understood any of this.
Tonight, Trump made a brief appearance at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., which was supposed to be a 250th-birthday celebration for the greatest democracy in human history. He treated it instead as a kind of MAGA mini-rally.
From the start, the event seemed, at least on television, to have something of a deflated air about it, perhaps because the entertainment lineup was thin. Multiple artists canceled their participation once they realized that Trump would use the evening for a partisan spectacle rather than a civic celebration. Various musical and choral units of the U.S. armed forces picked up the slack, and some military jets, including a B2 bomber, flew over the crowd, which was nice.
Then Trump delivered a short speech, and managed to bring everything down to his level. Which is to say, a presidential moment that could have been celebratory and grand became, like the character of the man himself, very small.
After dashing off some boilerplate phrases about American history, Trump went for division, grievance, and self-congratulation. He trotted out the usual rally phrases: The United States was once a dead country , everyone was laughing at us , we’re the hottest country in the world , and so on. He took a reality-challenged victory lap on Iran—even as the Iranians, earlier today, told him to pound sand about nuclear inspections. He assured the American people that he would stop “transgender mutilization” and not allow men to play in women’s sports. DEI, critical race theory, the “Gulf of America”—all the usual red-meat issues from his rallies made appearances.
As one might expect at a celebration of democracy, he also mentioned a random program he likes: making interest on loans for the purchase of American cars tax-deductible. He castigated his predecessors for their shortcomings, and especially for their neglect of the capital. He even found time to rail about the supposed vandals who wrecked the Reflecting Pool. Washington, he said, was now the safest, prettiest, cleanest city in America—all because of him.
Trump did try at various points to read what his speechwriters probably thought were elevated reflections on America and its triumphs. He reeled off hackneyed references to railroads and skyscrapers, name-checked various U.S. military victories, and dropped a bizarre reference to “the storied alleys of Boston,” whatever that meant. (I lived in Boston. I know some of those alleys. Storied is not a word that comes to mind.)
To the extent that Trump’s appearance was about anything besides Trump, it was about a kind of vulgar nationalism. Trump cannot comprehend patriotism, the love of one’s country. Instead he defaults to nationalism, the sour and hostile glorification of one’s own nation over everyone else’s. He does this because he views the world the way he apparently has viewed most things in his life: as a competition.
It is not enough for him to love America. The United States is not just great; it must be better than all those other places. It has better people, a better military, a better economy. Some of that is true, but a patriot celebrates love of country for its own sake, not as a continual comparison with others. The United States is worth the loyalty of every citizen because of what it is, because of its eternal character. But for Trump, it is great only insofar as it is superior to some other place, because otherwise those other nations are always laughing, taking advantage, and disrespecting us.
All Trump had to do tonight was walk out on the stage and remind the American people that the nation and its ideals are bigger than all of us. He could have told us that we are blessed to live in freedom and plenty. He could have reminded us that the survival of the American experiment, and the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution, are miracles that bless every person who lives here.
Instead, he told America that he is great, and that because he is great, America is great, and thanks to him, it is now better than everywhere else. And then a handsome man in a bright military dress uniform sang “YMCA” to him, as the president of the United States danced and smiled.
It remains a mystery to me how anyone could not be disgusted with this sick fuck as PotUS.
The whole thing felt pointless, which is not the way a major American anniversary should make you feel.
There definitely more than 1,000 people there ( I would call it closer to 10,000, but maybe it 5,000), in any case it was not close to being one of Trumps largest rallies. The White House camera didnt even attempt to show the entirety of the crowd, probably out of embarrassment.
his minions are still attempting to use AI and trying to photo shop a bigger crowd ...
State Fair???
How many state fairs has the moron gone to? I have never showed at a state fair but I have at the local and county level and even at the PA State Farm Show.
Where's the barn animals? Where's the midway with the cotton candy and hot pretzels?
thank you
I want to watch the corndog eating contest for maga bimbos ...
You'll want to bring your rain poncho just like you would if sitting in the front row of a Gallagher show to avoid being covered in the goo from the exploding incel heads as they watch the MAGA bimbo's they'll only ever get to admire from afar deep throat corndogs.
... another missed income opportunity for the trump family.
As per usual, Trump's take on things is the exact opposite of what people who do not have their heads shoved up his ass (I guess they could just be dickheads, too) think. From our standing internationally to his open corruption, trump has successfully made the United States a laughingstock in the world.
Can you stand anymore winning?
This is what happens when you surround yourself with nothing but "yes men" who are all afraid to tell you the truth of what is going on.
To be fair (no pun intended), Trump has every intention of making the US the hottest country on earth - by stamping out green energy and forcing as much fossil fuels on everyone as possible.
It has been hell as of late, so technically, he's correct