Donald Trump Says 45,000 Attend Great American State Fair Rally in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump said his Great American State Fair rally in Washington, D.C. drew "At least 45,000 people" and that the crowd was "packed to the brim," in a pair of social media posts on Thursday.

“The annual gathering of political and economic elites comes as Europe stands at a crossroads regarding its relationship with Washington, its economic model, and its security architecture”

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The rally was held the previous night, and Trump urged supporters to attend a larger Fourth of July celebration in Washington that he said would feature expanded military display and patriotic festivities.

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Trump also promoted the July 4 event by writing that "The military flyovers will be the best, EVER -- the most planes, the newest planes, the fastest planes," and he said it would start in the afternoon and wrap up just before midnight.

The White House has not independently released attendance figures for the event, and the report said Trump's estimate could not immediately be verified.

The Daily Beast described Trump as doubling down on the 45,000-person claim, saying he made two separate posts on Truth Social about a Wednesday night rally that was "packed to the brim."

The Daily Beast also reported that the fair was hit by a critical power outage on Thursday, causing dessert vendors’ ice cream in the food hall to melt.

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The Daily Beast quoted Trump saying, "Everybody stayed right until the end of my Speech because they loved hearing about a truly successful America," while also citing footage and commentary that contradicted his crowd estimate.

In the same account, Fox 5 DC reporter Homa Bash wrote on X that "Food hall at Great American State Fair has lost power - they have food but tell me all their ice cream has melted😭."

NPR reported that the Great American State Fair, a 16-day event run by Freedom 250, bills itself as an event for all Americans while some attendees said it felt overtly political.

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NPR quoted Freedom 250 spokesperson Rachel Reisner saying the event has "something for everyone, whether you're 8 or 85," and she told NPR from the fairgrounds that anyone who calls it partisan should "probably think again."

NPR also quoted Joyce Pontrello, visiting from Buffalo, N.Y., saying, "It's just open to everybody, and everybody is extremely welcoming," while Josh White, a high school history teacher visiting from Vermont, said, "I don't feel included in this celebration."

NPR said the celebration spans 10 blocks of the National Mall, between the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol, and it described a presidential rally that struck many observers as overtly political.