‘A Meltdown’: Inside Donald Trump’s Deserted Great American State Fair | Katy Balls

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“The idea of the Great State Fair is to showcase the best of America ... The photos of people visiting don't seem to tally with the suggested number of visitors.” As Donald Trump launches his "Great American State Fair" to celebrate America's 250th birthday, reports are emerging of empty crowds, power outages and melting ice cream, says The Times’s Washington editor, Katy Balls. Katy Balls was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 10am–1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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