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'Big ol' dud': Writer finds no upside when visiting Trump's Great American State Fair
When a Fair Becomes a RallyPower Wears the Booth BadgeThe National Mall fair is not a story about bad weather, picky journalists, or unfortunate optics. It is a story about institutional power deciding to cosplay as entertainment and then acting surprised when the result looks like an empty stage. Trump opened the event, federal agencies staffed booths, and the messaging was openly partisan. That is not a community fair with a political edge. It is the state being used as a branding platform.The Decision Was the PointThe source makes the chain of responsibility plain. Trump wanted a spectacle…
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