Trump scrambles to exaggerate pitiful crowd size at 'Great American State Fair' event [View all]

Ahead of the nation's 250th birthday, the White House organized something it described as the "Great American State Fair," which would help kick off the festivities in the nation's capital. Even before Wednesday's launch, however, the event started to unravel.

Not only did musical acts withdraw from the gathering, but roughly a fifth of the nation's states decided not to send official delegations or spend public money on participating in the fair.

When the gathering got underway on Wednesday night, things managed to get even worse. Not only did Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy mock the musicians who chose not to perform — the former Fox News host labeled the artists "libtards," an offensive term that combines the words "liberal" and "retard" — but he was soon followed by Donald Trump, who delivered a campaign-style speech and made much of the gathering a celebration of himself, not the country.

In case that weren't quite enough, turnout for the event was — how do I put this gently — underwhelming.

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