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Seriously, why aren't Democrats in Washington doing more to stop Trump? I know.
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Have you heard about Phil Weisner in Colorado though?
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Yeah.
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A.G. weiser sued the Trump administration 65 times.
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So he actually gets results exactly as
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Ben
He did it again. Donald Trump had to cancel that so called Great American State Fair once again. Nobody was showing up. Yeah, there was some intermittent light rain. It was more like mist for everybody there in Washington D.C. they realized it didn't need to actually shut down this fair. But nobody showed up. They the Trump regime got humiliated. They were putting all of These resources with Fox to try to promote the heck out of this Great American State Fair. Nobody showed up. I think like, in all you may have had throughout the entire day, maybe 1,000, 2,000 people. I'm talking like total, you know, show up. And there were times where it looked like there were 12, 15 people. And folks just on any normal day on the MALL In Washington D.C. you would have like literally a thousand times the amount of people who were there. People wanted to avoid this at all costs. And then when they canceled this event, this was the second time they've canceled it. Like in the first four days, 50% of the days have been canceled. The other two days nobody showed up. And nobody showed up again today. The cancellation sign misspelled the word freedom. Here, here. Zoom in. Right here it says, the Great American State Fair event postponed due to severe weather. It wasn't severe weather. This event is postponed. Go to freedom250social media for more updates. Please proceed to the nearest exit and they spell freedom F R E E E D O M. They don't even know how to spell freedom. So here was the message that they posted for us from the Freedom 250 social media account. Due to inclement weather in the area, the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair and FIFA World Cup 2026 Fan Zone will be temporarily postponed and attendees are encouraged to seek shelter. The safety of our guests, staff and partners remains our top priority. We are actively monitoring conditions and will provide updates as they become available. Matt Rain, a buddy of mine who was there, says it was light mist at most. Not really sure why they were shutting it down other than the fact that nobody was there. Matt Rain also captured some video that he posted. I want to share it with you. You can see right here how the facade seems to be warping here into something. I mean, just look, the facade of that Triumphal Ark like that they put up there, the Triumphal Arc replica. They literally stapled sheets of paper to this thing. And I'll show you what it looks like here. And Anarchy Princess, who is in Washington D.C. and you all know the great work that she does shout out to Anarchy Princess. I mean, she's a real superstar, a real patriot and hero here. And I love sharing with you some of the stuff that she captures. She goes, guys, these buildings at the Great American State Fair are just covered in printed sheets. They are literally stapled on. And then she goes and she shows us this video. The Golden Arch is their pride and joy. But look at it up close. Amanda Moore who's there. And she does a great job as well. I love her reporting. She goes, I'm back at the Great American State Fair. It's very, very muddy. And here's what she captured. Play this.
Guest Commentator
Yes, she does look a real.
Ben
Back to Anarchy Princess here for a moment. This is when they close the Great American State Fair. And you'll see most of the people who are there are the National Guard. And you'll see the National Guard walking away. Let's take a look at what it looked like. Play this clip.
Reporter
Clement weather on the way.
Ben
So then Donald Trump sent his chief propagandist, Caroline Levitt down there and even in the photo that she tried to take. And again, she's the chief propagandist. Here's what she posted and this photo of herself. Fun day at the Great American State Fair with the Ferris wheel emoji. How cool is it that we are alive during this historic time and we get to experience America's 250th birthday. Looking forward to making more lifelong memories over the course of this very special week. Here's a photo that she posted. And the thing is, is this actually could have been really cool if Donald Trump didn't make it all about himself. This was supposed to be the America 250 celebration there. There's lots of funding and resources and planning that had been going into this for almost a decade. Congress made it a bipartisan or nonpartisan thing. The Smithsonian was gonna be running these events. There was gonna be great festivals throughout. It was gonna look like an actual fair, like an actual festival or fair that I'm sure you're used to seeing or you've been to before, but times a thousand. And then Donald Trump wanted to make it about himself. He created his Freedom 250. No one even knows where the money
Interviewee
kicks off.
Ben
And you have Sean Duffy, Donald Trump's transportation secretary, calling the musical performers who didn't want to play because it was politicized libtards, by the way, while his down, while his daughter with down syndrome was standing by and said, people like, I just don't want to be a part of this. This is weird. I don't want to be associated with it.
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Ben
State Regime Media Fox, though, and tried to act like things were great here. Play this clip.
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Ben
And then yesterday, as they were shutting this event down, State Regime Media, which calls itself Fox, was trying to be like, look, there are thousands of people here. Even with the rain, there are thousands of of people. I can literally see behind you that there are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 26. There's 26 people in the entire Washington Mall behind you. And if you weren't there, if Trump's thing wasn't there on a normal day, there would probably have been thousands and thousands of people. People are repelled by this repugnant fascist od the weirdness that Trump's turned this thing into. Here, play this clip right here.
Reporter
And sometimes the pictures really don't tell the full story, because if you look behind us, you see, okay, there are a couple hundred people back there. But the truth is, when you make your way over here and you're in this, you're in a wash of people.
Ben
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. And then, you know, Donald Trump made this social media post. I'm not even gonna read the whole thing, because just look at it. I mean, if you had anybody in your life made a post that looked like this or sent you a text message that looked like this, you would probably need to do a 5150 involuntary cycle. Just the way it looks and what he's actually saying in that post Is he calls the algae criminal algae in the reflecting pool and that we have to get rid of the criminal algae that's put in there by antifa. I mean a real psychotic human. Like a real vile psychotic human. And it's not funny because he's out there hurting you. He's causing so much economic pain and suffering right now to the American people. Going back to state regime media's coverage right here, one account note. So state regime media, Fox is so eager to promote this horrific fair, this great America fair. They have their meteorologist milking a fake cow and then drinking cereal from the fake cow. Milk or the milk milking the fake cow, I don't know. Here, play this clip.
Reporter
I've got my bowl of cereal and you can't just eat dry cereal, like eat the dry cereal. No, no, that's not it. Yeah, milk into the cereal. You give a nice little squeeze. And that is how you get a delicious bowl of Michigan cereal coming in here. I can get all the udders, all the teats, squeezing them, squeezing them, putting, squeezing them. And look at this, look at this, look at this delicious bowl of cereal. Mmm, yum. Open up. I want to feed this to Charlie.
Ben
Then you had people at the Department of Defense, which they now call the War Department, they did a booth where they are trying to get people into tactical gear. I'll show you this. Let's play this clip right here.
Military Representative
Here we are celebrating 250 year history of the US military. As you can see, we've got, you know, battles from wars passes. I don't know if that's John Paul Jones up there defeating the Serapis. I would have said HMS Serapis, but of course they didn't have that moniker, the British, till after the war. Talking about John Paul Jones, I call him a founding father. But you got people from all over the country who are not letting the rain affect them. A lot of Fox fans out here rich, but people having a good time. They're gonna try on, let the army in here. The army some tactical gear. We got the army here, 1st Cavalry Division there. Largest patch ever from the US military.
Ben
And then on state regime media they go, actually there was 10,000 people who visited the Florida Pavilion. There's not 10,000 people who's even near this area yet alone visiting the Florida Pavilion. This is just the stupidest propaganda imaginable. As this thing was being canceled, that's what they were doing. Then it got canceled because nobody showed and you blamed it on the rain. Here, play this clip.
Interviewee
Crowds have been great. We have had nonstop people through our booth. I think yesterday we had around 10,000 people walk through the. The Florida Pavilion alone. We had a line earlier. Like I said, we just had a weather break here at the fair, but we had a line earlier that was all the way across the mall here. And we're glad to see it. We want to welcome people in. If you haven't been to the Great American State Fair, there's time.
Ben
Reggie B. Post this right here. You won't believe the turnout at the Great American State Fair. Worse than you thought. This is someone getting video on the Ferris wheel right here. So in case you're like, Ben, deceptive angles. Ben, deceptive angles. I need to see a full view. Maybe you're not showing. Okay, here's someone on the Ferris wheel with. Not with the whole. The whole angle of everything. You have a sad state of affairs right here. This is what happens when Trump makes it all about himself. Let's play it. I am here on location at the Great American State Fair.
Adam Kinzinger
I can barely get around right now
Ben
because the amount of people that are here. That Fox booth where they were broadcasting out of the Great American State Fair, presented by ufc, Exxon Mobil, Lockheed Martin United Health Group. Well, why. Why is it. Why is it being sponsored by ufc, Lockheed Martin United Health Group? I mean, what the hell's even going on right there? You had some of the people there who showed up were wearing jackets that said Born to Ride Donald Trump. I think that slogan sounded better in their head as Call to activism, Rights, Anarchy Princess. Also showing one of the tents. This was one of the main attractions at this state fair. It's a tent where you can get baptized. And then here was a lady who did indeed get baptized at the fair. You can see this for yourself right here. Let's play it.
Reporter
Ma', am, I just saw you being
Interviewee
baptized here at the Great American State Fair.
Guest Commentator
I was baptized as a baby, but I got away from the Lord. And then in my mid-30s, he brought me back. Jesus. In the last, I would say two to three years, he has stirred my heart that I had to be immersed in water. I came out of obedience. And I know he did something today with me. I felt his joy in my obedience.
Ben
And then finally, Adam Kinzinger had some wise words about this Great American Fair. Here's what my friend Adam Kinzinger had to say. Let's play it.
Adam Kinzinger
So let's talk about this 50 state fair that is failing at the mall. There's like 10 people that have gone to it. Fox News is doing their best to make it look like there's a lot there and so is Trump. Now, why does it matter? So let's be clear. This was supposed to be a summer where we were celebrating 250 years of America. Look back to what happened in 19, 1976 was a year of celebration. America 250 was an organization that was put together by Congress. It was supposed to be bipartisan, and its goal was to put together these events. But this was taken over by Donald Trump and Freedom250 because Donald Trump wanted to make the 250th anniversary of America about him. He wanted to be a celebration of Donald Trump. Look at the passport he put out where it's him. Look at all of this. Look at the opening speeches at this state fair where they said things like libtards. And then they wonder why all of a sudden people aren't going. Look, people aren't pointing out the lack of attendance because we're dunking on America or because we're not proud Americans. We're pointing it out because it like everything Donald Trump does has died because of him, because he makes it about himself. And when 30% of the country is all that approves of you and you make this a celebration of you, nobody's gonna turn out. And nobody's turned out. A lot of states have even not decided not to participate. Again, let me remind folks, in an opening speech, they said lib tards and then claim this is a celebration of American unity. It's failed. And it's too bad, because when I was born in 1978 and I started to come into consciousness, I saw the quarters from 1976. I heard about the bicentennial and I thought, like, well, that sounds kind of cool. I'm going to be old, 48 years old when the 250 comes around. The 250s come around and it's dead because Trump touched it. Everything Trump touches dies. And this is no different. I'm sorry if it makes you mad. You shouldn't be mad at people pointing out the lack of attendance. You should be mad at Donald Trump for destroying what was supposed to be an extremely unifying event. When you say libtard in the opening, I'm sorry, you're not really a unifying event. We're thinking about.
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The MeidasTouch Podcast – Episode Summary
Episode Title: Trump Shuts Down His Big Event For Second Day
Air Date: June 29, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett & Jordy Meiselas
Premise: The brothers discuss the second consecutive shutdown of Donald Trump’s “Great American State Fair,” analyzing the dismal turnout, the event’s politicization, and its failed attempt to repurpose America’s 250th anniversary celebration as a Trump-centric affair. The episode blends sharp political critique, humor, and on-the-ground reports, highlighting the disconnect between the Trump team’s propaganda and reality.
This episode focuses on Donald Trump’s failed “Great American State Fair”—an ostensibly patriotic event marking America’s 250th anniversary. The Meiselas brothers break down how Trump hijacked a bipartisan celebration, causing embarrassingly poor attendance, chaos, and media spin. The discussion includes live correspondent insights, social media reactions, analysis of the event’s mismanagement, and commentary on the broader implications for American political unity.
This episode offers a critical, often comical, yet deeply insightful look at the meltdown of Trump’s attempt to commandeer America’s 250th birthday celebration. The Meiselas brothers highlight how self-promotion, division, and poor planning doomed a moment meant for unity. Through original reporting, biting commentary, and listener engagement, the episode underscores a wider truth: attempts to politicize collective American experiences can backfire spectacularly—especially when self-interest overshadows genuine public celebration and inclusivity.