Emptywheel sums up the Trump “fair” as built to be unfair.

When you’re guaranteed no-bid contracts to make private profits out of Federal money, you don’t waste time making things look nice. You don’t even waste effort bringing in a full set of carnival rides or live farm animals, the kinds of things that make local fairs so fun.

The fair itself is just the facade, the excuse used to launder millions into private profit.