Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleCNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins highlighted the sparse attendance at Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair on the National Mall, contrasting it with the president's claims of a "packed with happy people" event. Standing on the National Mall Thursday among a sparse crowd, Collins said “For a president who often fixates on crowd size, so far the fair on Washington’s National Mall hasn’t exactly lived up to the hype.” The week-long fair, intended to showcase American goods and culture, faced criticism for being a "vanity project" and was compared to the infamous Fyre Festival due to low attendance, extreme heat and various controversies. Controversies included a Confederate Flag display, numerous performers withdrawing, and booths closing due to failing air conditioning, alongside footage showing stage malfunctions and near-empty audiences for speaker events. There is growing concern within the White House regarding potentially low attendance for the president's upcoming Fourth of July speech at the fair, attributed to triple-digit temperatures and strict security measures. In fullCNN’s Kaitlan Collins trolls Trump by reporting on the state fair in the middle of an empty National MallMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins mocks Trump’s State Fair over low turnout
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleCNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins highlighted the sparse attendance at Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair on the National Mall, contrasting it with the president's claims of a "packed with happy people" event. Standing on the National Mall Thursday among a sparse crowd, Collins said “For a president who often fixates on crowd size, so far the fair on Washington’s National Mall hasn’t exactly lived up to the hype.” The week-long fair, intended to showcase American goods and culture, faced criticism for being a "vanity project" and was compared to the infamous Fyre Festival due to low attendance, extreme heat and various controversies. Controversies included a Confederate Flag display, numerous performers withdrawing, and booths closing due to failing air conditioning, alongside footage showing stage malfunctions and near-empty audiences for speaker events. There is growing concern within the White House regarding potentially low attendance for the president's upcoming Fourth of July speech at the fair, attributed to triple-digit temperatures and strict security measures. In fullCNN’s Kaitlan Collins trolls Trump by reporting on the state fair in the middle of an empty National MallMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
