Trump’s Great American State Fair Faces Confederate Flag Controversy And Sparse Crowds ^34.6%

Forbes - By Antonio Pequeño IV - 6/27/2026, 5:14 PM

Negativity Bias 50.5% - Biased Writer Voice 25% - Anecdotal 22.9%

The Great American State Fair kicked off its 16-day run this week on the National Mall in Washington, though the Trump-backed event marking the United States' 250th birthday has faced a slow start amid sparse crowds, power outages and controversy over the appearance of the Confederate flag. Crowds arrived in small numbers, according to... more