Yesterday Trump made another ceremonial visit to Real America while President Musk ran the country: Donald Trump swept into Daytona, Florida for the Daytona 500 on Sunday while the arrival of a rainstorm — combined with the president’s own pre-race stunt — threatened to delay the race for hours. Sunday afternoon storms forced race officials to stop NASCAR’s biggest event on the 11th lap. Initial reports indicated that the race could be held up until around 7 p.m. EST. But the rain couldn’t stop the president from hogging the spotlight, which a crowd of cheering Trump fans in the audience didn’t appear to mind. The president took a lap around the track in “the Beast,” the president’s armored vehicle, followed by his motorcade ahead of the race’s start, while the Foo Fighters’ “There Goes My Hero” blared comically loud throughout the track. If it was meant as an ironic gesture, it was lost on the crowd who cheered the flyover of Air Force One and the arrival of Trump’s motorcade. Sunday’s event marked Trump’s second episode of crowd work in as many weeks; his attendance at the Super Bowl last weekend in New Orleans also drew a reaction (one that was notably more mixed) from the fans in that arena. But his latest — and expensive — stunts serve as a reminder that there remain limits to his administration’s purported goals to cut “waste” in government spending. His appearance at Sunday’s race prompted social media users to ask “where’s DOGE?” referring to Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency operation taking the axe…