Colossal statues, ‘freedom’ train & patriot games…Inside Trump’s epic plan for Great American Fair to showcase US might

DONALD Trump is readying a "Great American State Fair" to observe the country's 250th day successful 2026.

Use the interactive representation beneath to find retired astir what attractions could beryllium astatine the mega MAGA event.

Trump floated plans to showcase America's greatness successful its existent consciousness - packed successful a year-long expansive festival to people the country's day successful a expansive style.

Trump, who led his 2024 predetermination run connected the committedness to marque America large again, volition instrumentality this accidental to represent the country's mightiness successful the astir patriotic way.

It was conscionable a twelvemonth agone erstwhile helium called each Americans to hole for the Great American State Fair - a gigantic carnival of joyousness that would people America's 250th day successful existent Trump fashion.

Watch Trump's tub-thumping code astir this solemnisation below...

Various contingents could instrumentality portion successful a expansive parade successful beforehand of millions of radical visiting the just - and Trump could physique a "National Garden of American Heroes” with statues of important figures successful American history.

This whitethorn see elephantine structures of George Washington, Neil Armstrong, and Muhammad Ali.

The fair, dubbed arsenic a existent "Trump event", volition beryllium dense connected patriotic themes and authorities planning.

He whitethorn acceptable up monolithic stalls featuring McDonald's and KFC wrong what could beryllium the "All American Food Court" to showcase the country's brushed powerfulness done its signature accelerated food.

A ample steam-powered bid motor dubbed the "Freedom Train" could tally done the fairground to footwear successful the consciousness of patriotism.

Each bid could person its ain peculiar red, achromatic and bluish overgarment scheme, displaying Americana and related humanities artefacts.

The thought was archetypal projected In the aboriginal 1970s by Ross Rowland Jr., a young steam locomotive engineer, to observe the Bicentennial of the American Revolution.

It was a travelling accumulation of unsocial and typical artefacts from the 200-year history of the nation.

Trump could acceptable up a pavilion called "The World of the Future" to showcase America's astir innovative inventions successful the tract of Tech and Science.

And fixed Trump and Elon Musk's expanding bromance, they whitethorn spouse up to showcase world-class driverless cars from the future and the latest developments successful AI.

Trump has shared a imaginativeness with Musk to enactment America astatine the apical of the race erstwhile it comes to technology.

He plans to ramp up America's efforts to travel up with the astir unsocial innovations successful each tract - particularly successful the defence assemblage - and each of it could beryllium showcased astatine the expansive fair.

Trump has besides pitched the thought to invitation galore dignitaries from crossed the satellite to fortify American overseas ties.

And fixed his unpredictable nature, helium mightiness widen the invitation to leaders of the states that reason the US.

This could see North Korea's Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin.

Trump appears to beryllium superior astir the year-long mega bash aft repeated pitches.

He said his archetypal enactment arsenic president aft he’s sworn successful connected January 20 volition beryllium appointing a task unit to program and execute what helium called "Salute to America 250” successful the immense Iowa fairgrounds.

"On time 1 I volition convene a White House task unit called ‘Salute to America 250'," helium said.

"The task unit volition signifier a twelvemonth of festivities [of the fair] from May 26, 2025, to July 4, 2026."

Trump is seen beneath surrounded by fans and the media astatine the past Iowa State Fair.

Trump said helium would enactment with each the nation’s governors to make pavilions for each authorities astatine the Iowa State Fairgrounds — for the year-long expo.

"I volition enactment with each 50 governors, Republican and Democrat alike, to make the Great American State Fair, a unsocial one-year accumulation featuring pavilions from each 50 states," helium said.

And helium plans to invited “millions and millions from astir the world” to attend.

“My anticipation is that the astonishing radical of Iowa volition enactment with my medication to unfastened up the legendary Iowa State Fairgrounds to big the Great American State Fair," Trump added.

"Together, we volition invited millions and millions of visitors from astir the satellite to the heartland of America for this peculiar one-time festival.

“I volition inquire America’s large spiritual communities to commune for our federation and our radical arsenic we hole for this momentous occasion.” 

Iowa's politician Kim Reynolds, seen below, said her authorities is acceptable to big the 250th day bash connected the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

"We cognize the Iowa State Fair is the champion just successful the country! In Iowa, we imagination big, and we basal acceptable to big the Great American State Fair!" Reynolds posted connected X.

Her station features a 2023 video with Trump proposing the lawsuit idea.

Trump has visited the Iowa State Fair respective times successful the past fewer years.

He held a rally connected the fairgrounds successful October of 2021.

And successful 2016, Trump spoke astatine a fundraiser for Senator Joni Ernst that was held successful the livestock pavilion.

Trump’s archetypal sojourn was successful 2015 - wherever helium was pictured eating a pork chop connected a instrumentality and giving a thumbs-up to fair-goers.

He flew his chopper implicit the fairgrounds, past walked done the throngs of fair-goers connected the aforesaid time Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were astatine the fair.

He was pictured smiling with fans astatine the just - 1 of the oldest and largest cultivation and concern expositions successful the US.

In 2023, Trump visited the State Fair connected the aforesaid time arsenic Republican rival Ron DeSantis, who was pictured shaking hands with fair-goers.

During his visit, Trump stopped astatine the Iowa Pork Producers’ grill, walked down the fair’s Grand Concourse and spoke to supporters who’d gathered wrong a brew hall.