Fox News shielding Trump's 'tortured psyche' by ignoring 'sparse crowd': analysts
Visitors at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2026.
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Travis GettysJune 26, 2026
President Donald Trump's crowd-size anxiety exploded back into view when his Great American State Fair kickoff event drew a strikingly thin turnout.
The 80-year-old president claimed 45,000 people showed up on the National Mall to watch Lee Greenwood and the FBI director's girlfriend perform, but media accounts estimated about 1,000 attendees β fewer than some outdoor movie screenings β had actually turned out, and The New Republic's Greg Sargent said on his "Daily Blast" podcast that Trump can't handle that kind of disappointment.
President Donald Trump's crowd-size anxiety exploded back into view when his Great American State Fair kickoff event drew a strikingly thin










