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Updated · Daily Montanan · Jul 3

Trump’s National Mall State Fair Draws 1,000 as 20 States Skip 250th-Anniversary Event

Updated

Updated · Daily Montanan · Jul 3

Trump’s National Mall State Fair Draws 1,000 as 20 States Skip 250th-Anniversary Event

Q: A new report claims fossil fuels have a $12 trillion hidden cost. What message did the fair's industry panel promote?

It is not clear from the available reporting what specific message the fair’s fossil-fuel industry panel promoted. The news coverage only confirms that a panel discussion about the fossil fuel industry took place at the Great American State Fair and that attendance appeared very low. Jim Acosta’s reporting described only a handful of people near the panel, but neither the original story nor the supplemental material provides the panel’s stated theme, talking points, or any quoted message from speakers. The separate report about fossil fuels carrying a roughly $12 trillion hidden cost argues that the industry’s real burden includes climate damage, air-pollution deaths, subsidies, and tax breaks. But no sourced material here links that report to a direct response from the fair’s panel. So the most accurate answer is that the panel’s message is not specified in the available coverage.

3 articles · Updated · Daily Montanan · Jul 3

About 1,000 people attended the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, far below Trump’s public claim of 45,000.
Twenty states skipped the semiquincentennial event, and many booked musicians and entertainers canceled after the fair shifted into a Trump-centered political rally.
The weak turnout follows earlier reports that Trump was angry over sparse crowds, especially as a U.S. men’s soccer match nearby drew far larger attendance.
The fair was launched as part of the 250th anniversary celebration after Trump replaced bipartisan America250 planning with his own Freedom 250 spectacle.