# Freedom 250 - The Great American State Fair **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470 "2026-05-29T03:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 627
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/627 "2026-07-02T15:22:51Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I’m guessing trump appropriated ‘X’ amount for the Fair, had them choose all the lowest bottom-feeding bidders for the products and services (see also: hastily-assembled neo-classical structures with clearly painted, rippling tarps and fake columns that don’t even reach the ground), and pocketed the monetary difference. Looks like I was not far off… > **[Ranking Member Huffman Releases Report on How Trump Hijacked America's 250th...](https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-huffman-releases-report-on-how-trump-hijacked-americas-250th-birthday-to-enrich-himself-sell-access-and-harvest-americans-data)** > > The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congressman Jared Huffman > **[NEWS: Sen. Schiff Blasts Trump Admin on Troubling Allocation of Taxpayer...](https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-blasts-trump-admin-on-troubling-allocation-of-taxpayer-dollars-to-private-entity-freedom-250-potential-commingling-of-foreign-money/)** > > Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is leading 11 Senators in pressing Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum for answers on the recent troubling allocation of at least $100 million in taxpayer funds to Freedom 250, a... > [@Skywatcher](#): > > Is this a mirrored [William Henry Harrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison#Inauguration) in the making? I just posted this in the ‘trump is dying’ thread: > [@Trump is dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/3199): > > trump has been very credibly rumored to have already had a mini-stroke or three. If he has The Big One while giving his speech, in record heat brought on by the climate change they deny, on the 4th of July, that would be some kind of krazy karma. Just making an observation, understand, not wishing it to happen or anything… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470)._