Trump’s Great American State Fair lands on the National Mall: a spectacle of whimsy and politics
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A 16‑day Great American State Fair on Washington, DC’s National Mall blends patriotic whimsy with noticeable Trump flavor, featuring a 110‑foot Ferris wheel, a replica Triumphal Arch, and state booths—from Massachusetts maple syrup to Illinois sports-history displays and Arizona cactus pens—alongside a Trump painter and a Trump poster in the Agriculture booth, illustrating a venue that is part festive showcase and part political theater.
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