Insider Emails Foreshadowed Chaos at Trump's DC State Fair
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New emails show several participating states warned organizers weeks before the DC-based Great American State Fair about budget constraints, logistics, and timing—New Hampshire flagged a $12,000 furnishings quote from Freeman (a Trump-linked company) and Michigan pressed for fast approvals and shipping addresses—while the event faced extreme heat, weather disruptions, and patchy attendance, including evacuations and closures as the president touted turnout.
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- Crowd size gripes, state fair troubles: The problems of an America 250 celebration tied to Trump CNN
- A storm, overpriced food and a sad ferris wheel: inside Trump’s dreadful state fair The Guardian
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