"President Trump's remarks at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree will be etched in my memory for all eternity a) because I spent hours transcribing them for this publication and b) because they were weird as hell. Now this seems a bit quaint, but at the time few suspected that a presidential address to the roughly 40,000 people gathered in West Virginia to spend "10 days hiking, biking, camping and giving back to local communities" might go awry."
"After all, eight former presidents had addressed the event without incident. Thus, when President Trump regaled the youngsters with a 35-minute tirade about the "dishonest people" who doubted he could win in 2016, his tax repatriation plan, and why our nation's capital is a "cesspool," I found myself furiously typing throughout the night, rewinding the CSPAN footage again and again, so I could capture the most inappropriate moments."
The Trump political era has been marked by everyday surreality. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed cutting military support for Scouting America, calling it an organization that attacks boy-friendly spaces. On November 7, 2020, Joe Biden carried his infant grandchild onstage while celebrating his election win; observers noted that Donald Trump rarely holds babies. At the 2017 National Scout Jamboree, President Trump delivered a 35-minute address that included a meandering story about a real-estate developer's yacht parties, complaints about "dishonest people" who doubted his 2016 victory, tax repatriation, and calls the nation's capital a "cesspool." Roughly 40,000 people gathered in West Virginia for the event.
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