Trumps Embarrassing Spectacle At Boy Scout Jamboree Panned By Former Scouts
Source: Huffington Post
Dozens of former Boy Scouts condemned President Donald Trump’s address Monday to nearly 40,000 young men gathered at the group’s 2017 National Scout Jamboree, saying efforts to politicize his speech were “embarrassing,” “mortifying” and a “disgusting display.”
Trump, speaking in Glen Jean, West Virginia, began his remarks with a pledge that he wouldn’t talk about the current climate in Washington, D.C., commenting, “Who the hell wants to speak about politics when I’m in front of the Boy Scouts?”
However, he quickly veered from his prepared remarks and proceeded to hit many of his favorite rallying points to press his own agenda. The president railed against former presidential rival Hillary Clinton, drawing ebullient boos from onlookers, and spent time speaking about ongoing efforts to repeal Obamacare. He even joked that he would fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if the repeal effort failed.
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“The sitting president serves as the BSA’s honorary president,” the statement, obtained by BuzzFeed’s Michelle B. Van Dyke, read. “It is our long-standing custom to invite the U.S. president to the National Jamboree.”
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Of course Trump would manage to turn the Scouts into a modern day brigade of the Hitler youth.
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Cheeto can't get an innocent, adoring audience to cheer for him any more, so now he's corrupting our kids.
This man should never have been allowed to come to the Jamboree, and he had no business giving a speech. Of course he's going to turn it into a political spectacle, that's all he's capable of doing.
The BSA organization made a big mistake. They owe a sincere apology to the parents and kids, the statement they put out is weak and not really an apology at all.
