The Fair Where Nobody Came
Melted ice cream, a stalled Ferris wheel, and a dozen spectators—inside the saddest party in America.
by David Shuster
If there is a spectacle more pathetic than a political rally after the music and sound system have been packed away, it is a state fair in which the main exhibit is empty grass and pavement. The Great American State Fair, that grandiose Trump contrivance erected on the national mall, promised our nation an epic 250th birthday jubilee. In…
