>Fuming Trump, 80, Unravels Over His Empty Fair in Early Morning Meltdown
>President Donald Trump woke in a fury on Monday morning and immediately launched into an angry rant about his state fair flop.
>The Great American State Fair, delivered by Freedom 250, Trump’s event organization, kicked off last week and was bogged down by issues from the outset.
>Trump, it appears, noticed the resulting criticism. “Do you think people appreciate what a fantastic job we did in building and operating the Great American State Fair at the National Mall, packed with happy people, and everybody loving it?” he opened his 6:27 a.m. Truth Social post.
>He added: “Ask yourself this simple question, ‘DO YOU THINK THAT OBUMA OR SLEEPY JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE IT?’ THE ANSWER IS NO!”
>Trump has referred to former president Barack Obama as “OBUMA” before, including in a post earlier this month attacking the Democrats’ Iran nuclear deal.
>His fair, meanwhile, struggled to get off the ground after opening on Wednesday. Power cuts on the first day knocked out the food hall, melting ice cream, while generator problems briefly shut down the Ferris wheel.
>A series of performers also pulled out before the event. Vanilla Ice, who did not join the exodus of artists canceling their shows, ended up having his own performance at the fair canceled anyway because of bad weather.
>The problems kept coming. Extreme heat and rain forced organizers to temporarily close the fair on Sunday afternoon. When they announced the shutdown on a digital billboard, organizers urged attendees to check for updates on the social media channels of “Freeedom 250”—misspelling the organization’s name with an extra E—prompting a fresh wave of online ridicule.