The Great American Fair was supposed to be Trump's signature 250 event. Instead, it's a laughingstock and a missed opportunity the country won't get back.
I keep coming back to the word "cheap." Plywood and tarps, like the faux gold decoration in the Oval Office that he was supergluing to the walls. Cheap and tacky as always.
Jacob the Carpet bagger isn't a fair (get it) representation of showing any event. He's not prepared or very curious. I have seen his videos because they were being recommended to me when he did a lot in my area while his girlfriend lived here. Will C-SPAN or one of the historical organization have a full video tour?
Hi Karen. I appreciate this response. I honestly didn't think much about it. I posted it mainly because he appeared to cover so much of what is contained on the fairgrounds.
Historical and cultural institutions throughout the nation as well as Washington DC had been working on the 250 celebrations for years because it takes years and long-term funding to plan these types of events. Congress established an official America250 commission to oversee a nationwide effort. The Smithsonian was working on a Folklife festival similar to the 1976 celebration to be held in DC and across the nation. It was prepared to celebrate the people of America.
Trump had his eye on squashing the effort even in his first term.
Through DOGE's cutting of grants and the quashing of perceived wokeness, these plans had to be dropped or severely curtailed.
The conservatives are now claiming that the lack of Smithsonian participation is a failure. Of course they are.
We currently have a president who is obsessed with dividing and destroying the country rather than building it--but a rebranding is definitely happening.
We have to keep pushing back while moving forward. 🗽
I keep coming back to the word "cheap." Plywood and tarps, like the faux gold decoration in the Oval Office that he was supergluing to the walls. Cheap and tacky as always.
Jacob the Carpet bagger isn't a fair (get it) representation of showing any event. He's not prepared or very curious. I have seen his videos because they were being recommended to me when he did a lot in my area while his girlfriend lived here. Will C-SPAN or one of the historical organization have a full video tour?
Hi Karen. I appreciate this response. I honestly didn't think much about it. I posted it mainly because he appeared to cover so much of what is contained on the fairgrounds.
Here is the link to his apology video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZUNYRINDk0
Jacob just issued a new video apologizing for his Fair video
A few hundred people demonstrated in DC on Saturday. Still more than attendance at dt’s fair. https://ncnewsline.com/2026/06/28/repub/protesters-in-d-c-rally-for-priorities-to-counter-trumps-250th-anniversary-programming/?emci=9a10a549-5c73-f111-ac9c-000d3a54bed0&emdi=81d1130d-b273-f111-ac9c-000d3a54bed0&ceid=220703
People tend to reject treason.
Unfortunately, many of them voting for Trump, even after he attempted to overturn a free and fair election.
⭐💙⭐
"US deserves better" might be the perfect slogan for this whole 250th Anniversary era...
Couldn't agree more.
Historical and cultural institutions throughout the nation as well as Washington DC had been working on the 250 celebrations for years because it takes years and long-term funding to plan these types of events. Congress established an official America250 commission to oversee a nationwide effort. The Smithsonian was working on a Folklife festival similar to the 1976 celebration to be held in DC and across the nation. It was prepared to celebrate the people of America.
Trump had his eye on squashing the effort even in his first term.
Through DOGE's cutting of grants and the quashing of perceived wokeness, these plans had to be dropped or severely curtailed.
The conservatives are now claiming that the lack of Smithsonian participation is a failure. Of course they are.
We currently have a president who is obsessed with dividing and destroying the country rather than building it--but a rebranding is definitely happening.
We have to keep pushing back while moving forward. 🗽
https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/apr/14/plans-to-celebrate-americas-250th-anniversary-were-underway-then-came-the-federal-funding-cuts/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/29/smithsonians-250th-failure/
Apparently trump reallocated much of the money that Congress had set aside for the 250th. One wonders whether this were where it all went.
He's been doing this for quite some time.
All of this is true and a reminder of what could have been.