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Trump Slams Fair Failures as Power Cuts Melt Ice Cream

6/29/2026

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President Donald Trump posted a Truth Social message calling the fair’s problems an attack and saying neither Obama nor Biden could have handled them.
His Freedom 250 group launched the American State Fair on the National Mall, which suffered power cuts and a food outage that melted ice cream.
States refused booths over costs, prompting organizers to post updates on a misspelled “Freeedom 250” channel after rain forced a closure.

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President Donald Trump posted a Truth Social message calling the fair’s problems an attack and saying neither Obama nor Biden could have handled them.
His Freedom 250 group launched the American State Fair on the National Mall, which suffered power cuts and a food outage that melted ice cream.
States refused booths over costs, prompting organizers to post updates on a misspelled “Freeedom 250” channel after rain forced a closure.