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Trump Faces Low Rally Turnout as Great American State Fair Draws 150K; Fireworks Plan Continues

President Donald Trump expresses frustration over modest turnout at the rally that opened the Great American State Fair and aides warn of challenges filling the viewing area for his July Fourth speech.Organizers and Freedom 250 say roughly 150K people have visited the fair in its first week, but several music acts withdraw, heat and security measures complicate schedules, and seven Democrat-led states decline official participation.Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defends attractions including a 110-foot Ferris wheel, state pavilions and an air show, and organizers press ahead with a Guinness World Records fireworks plan that will fire more than 850K shells.
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