Trump ‘livid’ over crowd sizes at State Fair on National Mall report says

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-crowd-size-state-fair-national-mall-250-b3006937.html

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ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net · 134 pts · 34d (7 replies)

"Trump Livid" is a phrase I want to hear more and more in coming months... Keep praying for the little blood-clot that could..

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 34d (1 reply)

Ganbatte, blood-clot-san!

Canconda@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 34d

affenlehrer@feddit.org · 10 pts · 34d (2 replies)

Sounds too much like "Trump lives" or "Trump living"

gnate@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 33d

John Carpenter's "Trump Lives"

How's the ending of that one?

anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 34d

Trump survives low cross numbers at shitty event.

jpreston2005@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 34d (1 reply)

Nah, he's gotta live long enough to be impeached, removed, and imprisoned. Gotta live ling enough to rot in jail and watch his empire crumble into nothingness. Gotta live long enough to see every instance of his name removed, his children jailed and broke, his legacy ash.

...then he can die.

anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 34d

We’d have to purge all the traitors and Neo confederates who work with him too, since we didn’t after the civil war.

homes@piefed.world · 103 pts · 34d (7 replies)

The orange man in

the White House goes

cry, cry cry

Cry cry cry

Cry cry cry

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 34d (4 replies)

I am no lip reading exert but to me they look like they say Wah Wah Wah

altphoto@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 34d (2 replies)

I think she's saying booerns actually. But I'm dislexic in two English dialects.

Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 33d (1 reply)

We used hemp as a belt which was the fashion at the time

JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 33d

Ughhh, sorry bro... I think I smoked your belt...

Solstice_11@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 34d

A reverse image search confirms that they were singing "The Wheels on the Bus" to a group of children. Most likely the part about the babies on the bus going wah, wah, wah.

PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 34d (1 reply)

It's insane how attractive Mamdani is

homes@piefed.world · 8 pts · 34d

He’s a cutie

artyom@piefed.social · 78 pts · 34d (9 replies)

Trump later wrote on Truth Social that the crowd had been “packed to the brim” with “at least 45,000 people.”

The fact that anyone believes such an obvious pathological liar continues to shock me to my core.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 78 pts · 34d (6 replies)

I used to think Orwell was being a bit hyperbolic about the party holding up 4 fingers and demanding people seeing 5.

But Republicans and conservatives do this without even being tortured.

atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 34d

It’s a purity test, you either parrot the party line or you’re not part of the party.

SaraTonin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 34d

Hitler called it “the Big Lie”, with the idea being that you tell a lie that’s so outrageous that people will find it easier to believe the lie than that you’d have the audacity to tell a lie that outrageous

Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 33d (2 replies)

Yeah. I hadn't read the book since my early twenties and decided now (at 50) I wanted to take another read through because of all the crap going on, and it's honestly terrifying how press releases and especially Karoline Leavitt sounds straight up newspeak and rewriting the narrative whenever possible.

It's only a matter of time before they get a department going whose sole job is to go back into historical documents to re-write old news articles to show that they've always been right.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 33d (1 reply)

They are effectively already doing that by tearing down installations at parks that are insufficiently grateful for slavery.

Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 33d

It makes me nauseaus to read about all of it, and I'm not even American.

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 33d

The trick is not having a spine.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 33d

It's not that they believe him, it's that they've decided to abandon reality just like him. They believe whatever makes them feel better in that way.

MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 33d

I avoided a really cool pubic concert on the National mall because there were 750k people. Even at 45k, that is not by any means packed.

adarza@lemmy.ca · 37 pts · 34d (6 replies)

Ask yourself this simple question, “DO YOU THINK THAT OBUMA OR SLEEPY JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE IT?” THE ANSWER IS NO!:

lol if either one did something similar (to the event's original plans--a party to celebrate 250), it'd be jam-packed capacity crowds, and thousands hundreds of thousands more converging on d.c. and a-list stars would be lining up to take part.

artyom@piefed.social · 18 pts · 34d (3 replies)

He's really sticking with "sleepy Joe" after he's been caught sleeping on camera 4 or 5 times now? Just absolutely zero self-awareness.

Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 34d

He's been caught sleeping 4-5 months

savvie@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 34d

Prezident Sleepy Sleaze

luciferofastora@feddit.org · 3 pts · 33d

To stop now would be to concede that he has fallen asleep too. He needs to be superior. He can't drop the charades.

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 12 pts · 34d

Biden would have let the original plan go through with the Smithsonian in charge instead. It's fucked up because Trump needed to grift and you only get Fyre Festivals from the level of grift he requires.

Blibly@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 34d

DO YOU THINK OBAMNA OR JOE BYRON WOULD BE THIS PATHETIC AND TRASHY? THE ANSWER IS NO!

Lon3star@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 34d (4 replies)

Call the whambulance

zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 34d (3 replies)

Call dem amber lamps.

homes@piefed.world · 4 pts · 34d

Oh, that one takes me back

UncleArthur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d (1 reply)

I can't even find that video any more.

zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 34d

Maybe it's been removed from the internet, but searching for "amber lamps" or "epic beard man" will probably get it to turn up in some form.

tigermountain@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 33d (1 reply)

I wish more cameramen would pan around at some of his "rallies".

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 33d

Yeah, they always seem to be quite tight shots, no?

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 34d

LOL, u mad bro?

KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 34d

Hilariously, I think the article pic is the most populated picture of the event that I've seen so far.

Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de · 23 pts · 34d (5 replies)

I hear it's because George Soros is paying people not to come

nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 34d (1 reply)

Can you share his number because I’m also not coming and I could use the financial support

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 2 pts · 34d

SMAE! Yo' Mr. George, how 'bout a little kick down? Pretty please?

TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 34d

I mean if he wanted big crowds he would actually have to pull a George soros. It's not like DC is his target demographic, and the majority of his constituents that would be interested in attending any kind of event open to the public are not exactly the most affluent people in the world.

The only way he'd get a ton of people showing up for a fair in DC is if he paid for busses. That's kind of why jan 6 stands out soo much, it takes a lot of coordination to get that much white trash to the capital.

Chef@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 34d

“If you or a loved one did not attend the State Fair on the National Mall, you may be entitled to financial compensation.”

SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 34d

Godammit, and here I didn't go for free, LIKE A CHUMP.

Asafum@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 34d

They're going to simultaneously blame it on the heat and say it was packed to the brim. MAGA will accept the excuse no matter what.

Who do they trust? Their lying eyes, or Trump?

sepi@piefed.social · 18 pts · 34d

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Sumocat@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 34d (1 reply)

Crowd size assumes a crowd. His “State” fair in a city that is not a State is lightly attended, and it’s less attended than that space normally is on a summer day.

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 8 pts · 34d

Seems like a dick move to host a state fair in DC, whose residents have fewer rights because we refuse to allow them statehood

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 33d

I hope he sees the pictures of Obama's library opening compared to this

friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 33d

What crowd?

the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 34d

Sucks to suck, bitch.

WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 33d

Crowd is so small Donny may have to cancel the planned assassination.

BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 33d

There's nothing to do there but listen to shit music and the orange windbag winge some more.

obvs@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 33d

Enjoy your 105ºF heat and your two hour speech starting at 9:00 at night.

Sounds like a great idea for your 80-year-old ass.

ContactClosure@lemmus.org · 11 pts · 33d (1 reply)

Not livid enough, apparently.

Insekticus@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 33d

Hopefully deadid sooner rather than later, though.

Doomsider@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 33d

Small package, small hands, and small crowds. Why so small?

zebidiah@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 33d (1 reply)

hey, who remembers the crowds at the inauguration...?? remember how well that went over??

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 33d

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 4 pts · 34d
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Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 34d

I hope it's bad for his blood pressure. I want to see those balloon legs throbbing.

CkrnkFrnchMn@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 33d (1 reply)

A deja-vue from his 2016 election...

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 33d

Yeah, after his (s)election, he sent out Spicey in a suit it looked like his mom put him in to scream at the press about how it was "fake news" to talk about Donvict's flaccid crowd size:

"Diaper Daddy tells me his crowd size needs to be measured from the taint!!!1111 Any other measurement is FAYYYYK NOOOZ!!!111"

-- Sean Spicer, probably

uberdroog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d (1 reply)

About 200$in gas for me. More than a 1k night stay if you can even get close or a decent place. 20-30$ for fair food...per person...per meal. We wanted to make a DC trip for vacation this year. Decided on other locations until its not a hostile environment.

Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 33d

DC is nice, but I'd go in the shoulder seasons, it can be hot and humid, and if I'm gonna be somewhere hot and humid in summer, I'm going to need water nearby to jump into.

altphoto@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 34d

Other countries....geoblock those who went. They're either too dumb to be allowed to travel (think containment) or just evil (like resident evil).

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · -1 pts · 34d (1 reply)

"But another official noted that people could still not show up after obtaining tickets."

https://freedom250.org/celebration/salute-to-america-celebration-and-fireworks

Tickets: https://events.freedom250.org/events/freedom250-fourthofjuly-event

davidagain@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 33d

It would definitely upset trump if lots of people used temporary phone numbers to buy up tickets and not attend, stopping other people from going, but I'm not sure it's necessary because it looks like it's going to be historically unpopular because it's Donald trump. Nobody actually likes him, they just like that he's racist like them.