
The 45th President of the United States Donald Trump addressed the Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia on Monday.
He told the boy scouts to disbelieve polling, and then thanked them for voting for him, despite many of them not being of voting age.
The President told the Boy Scouts that scientific polls are all fake, then thanked children who can't vote for voti… https://t.co/WeW5F2vPkv— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1500958177
He also told a pretty indiscrete story about one of his property tycoon friends and the hedonistic life he led after making his money:
HE SAID THIS TO BOY SCOUTS https://t.co/SkiBUC8CRY— Jensen Karp (@Jensen Karp) 1500939867
"The hottest people in New York were at this party..." - story Donald Trump is telling right now at the Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia— Sarah Boxer (@Sarah Boxer) 1500936797
"The hottest people in New York were at this party Joey" #trump #boyscouts https://t.co/0zxvFm93Hz— christhebarker (@christhebarker) 1500943124
Trump tells kids at Boy Scout Jamboree about his friend who got tired of yachting, lost his $$ & a NY cocktail party https://t.co/VbNRcRVpgB— Bradd Jaffy (@Bradd Jaffy) 1500937727
It was a bit bizarre to say the least, given how he'd started...
"Who the hell wants to speak about politics when I'm in front of the Boy Scouts?" @realDonaldTrump tells Boy Scout Jamboree crowd in WVa.— Jeff Zeleny (@Jeff Zeleny) 1500935666
To then start ranting about how he couldn't pass the health bill he'd wanted to:
"You know, I go to Washington, and I see all of these politicians..." complains Donald Trump, president of the United States, in WV— Sarah Boxer (@Sarah Boxer) 1500935855
7 mins later on same stage, threatens to fire Price if health care bill doesn't get necessary votes https://t.co/POXtYYBUVt— Sarah Boxer (@Sarah Boxer) 1500936217
He said of Tom Price, his health secretary:
Hopefully he's going to get the votes tomorrow to start our path toward killing this horrible thing known as Obamacare, that's really hurting us.
We've got to get the other senators to vote for it, it's time. You know, after seven years of saying 'repeal and replace Obamacare' we have a chance to now do it.
He continued:
In fact, today I said we ought to change it from the word 'swamp' to the word 'cesspool' or perhaps to the word 'sewer.'
It's not good.
I see what's going on and believe me, I'd much rather be with you, that I can tell you.
To top it all off, he encouraged the impressionable kids in the crowd not to trust the mainstream media:
“These dishonest people,” President Trump calls the media while recounting his electoral college victory to kids at the Boy Scouts Jamboree— Bradd Jaffy (@Bradd Jaffy) 1500937087
Speaking of the large crowd at the event, Trump said:
Boy, we have a lot of people here. The press will say it's around 200 people. It looks like around 45,000 people.
By the way what do you think the chances are that this massive crowd, record-setting, will be shown on Television tonight?
One per cent, or zero?
The fake media will say 'President Trump spoke before a small crowd of Boy Scouts today'. That is some crowd.
Fake Media! Fake News! Thank you!
He later asked:
And did President Obama ever come to a jamboree?
Obama delivered a video address in 2010 for the Boy Scout organisation's 100th anniversary, and as a child he was a boy scout himself.
Twitter users complained that Trump's address to the organisation was overtly political:
Right & left in agreement that Trump hijacked Boy Scouts for political rally. As a former Senior Patrol Leader, n… https://t.co/R98WQ5zqh9— Nathan Newman 🧭 (@Nathan Newman 🧭) 1500941968
You have made me ill, @boyscouts! Do I now have to worry my son will be indoctrinated into a Trump youth org when he attends a BSA event??!— Leila Rice (@Leila Rice) 1500941970
What were you thinking??? @boyscouts https://t.co/YFPjpMKKLA— Gale Turner Strong (@Gale Turner Strong) 1500941545
@ellensweeps @boyscouts My son is an Eagle Scout. Today was an abomination of the Scout law. #BoyScouts— Lynne Perednia (@Lynne Perednia) 1500942548
My son's were boy scouts & I would have never tried to get them to behave like this. https://t.co/67ySFF4KmS— Eric Foster (@Eric Foster) 1500941646
@jolanda_phair @boyscouts Politics do not belong in the jamboree. Citizenship does. I'm the charter organization re… https://t.co/angJj9uP2l— Ann 🌎 🌊☮ 🌈 (@Ann 🌎 🌊☮ 🌈) 1500941615
@williamlegate @boyscouts My son is saying the same. We were involved with boy scouts for years. I would never wan… https://t.co/sa5QyjWp9K— relies on expertise (@relies on expertise) 1500940868
The Boy Scouts of America said in a statement:
The Boy Scouts of America is wholly non-partisan and does not promote any one position, product, service, political candidate or philosophy.
The invitation for the sitting U.S. President to visit the National Jamboree is a long-standing tradition and is in no way an endorsement of any political party or specific policies.
The sitting U.S. President serves as the BSA’s honorary president.
It is our long-standing custom to invite the U.S. President to the National Jamboree.