Trump is fuming as CNN’s Kaitlan Collins stood in the middle of his deserted Great American State Fair and showed the world exactly what his “packed” celebration really looks like.
Reporting live from the National Mall, Collins delivered the line that will haunt him all weekend: for a president who often fixates on crowd size, the fair hasn’t exactly lived up to the hype. Behind her, the footage told the story. Sparse booths. Empty bleachers. A handful of people wandering a Mall that should have been packed for America’s 250th birthday.
Trump insists on Truth Social that the fair is “packed with happy people.” CNN then rolled footage from America’s 200th birthday in 1976, when thousands flooded the National Mall for picnics and marching bands. The side-by-side comparison was brutal.
The event has been plagued by disaster from the start. A Confederate flag was spotted hanging in the North Carolina booth. Nearly every singer booked to perform pulled out. Booths shut down as air conditioning failed in triple-digit heat. A piece of the main stage fell off near dancers mid-rehearsal. Some are now comparing the whole thing to Fyre Festival.
Rep. Bonnie Coleman, who served on the original planning committee, called it what it is: Trump’s vanity project, one that has denigrated the essence of the celebration itself.
Now there is reportedly growing angst inside the White House ahead of Trump’s Fourth of July speech, where 107-degree heat and strict security could produce yet another underwhelming crowd. His answer? Spending untold millions on a 40-minute fireworks display to chase a world record, with the White House refusing to say where the money is coming from.
Collins did not have to say a word of opinion. She just pointed the camera at the truth.
BREAKING: Kaitlan Collins Trolls Trump Live From His Nearly Empty State Fair
