Trump Delivered a Particularly Bonkers Speech to 40,000 Boy Scouts
If there is one place where President Trump actually thrives, it’s arenas. While speaking to a crowd of 40,000 people at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, Trump turned on his all too familiar campaign style theatrics…and the kids loved it.
Though he opened the speech by saying he wouldn’t talk about politics, Trump quickly delved into basically nothing but politics. Trump predictably bashed the media, Democrats, fake news, and ambiguously called for loyalty the night before senators vote on an embattled healthcare bill.
“Boy Scout values are American values and great Boy Scouts become great, great Americans,” Trump told the crowd. “As the scout law says, a scout is trustworthy, loyal. We could use some more loyalty, I will tell you that.”
It’s quite clear that Trump is prodding Republicans who have criticized their party’s healthcare bill. Later in the speech, Trump joked that he would fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who joined him on stage, if the Senate was unable to repeal the Affordable Care Act following Tuesday’s vote (although he could have very well been serious).