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Dismal detail about Trump's fair flagged by reporter: 'Think about any outdoor event'
When Trump Captures the Stage, People Stay HomeThe Event Was the EvidenceThe reporting here is simple: a July 4 semiquincentennial event tied to Trump’s orbit looked thinly attended, with empty food lines, poor online information, and a visibly weak draw. The deeper fact is not the turnout. It is that Trump used presidential power to build a partisan rival to the bipartisan America250 commission Congress created in the first place.Power Moved UpwardThis was not a harmless branding exercise. Trump, through his administration and the Freedom 250 setup, pulled the celebration out of the…
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