Trump debases everything he comes in contact with.
Here is hoping their attendance is halved yet again next year.
Gotta ask:
Boy Scouts, what the hell did you expect when you invited Donald Trump? Are you stupid enough to think a total stranger would show up?
Huh. Several days late, so I doubt his sincerity.
The simple truth.
He has defiled this country
This is even worse than what leaders have been injecting into the Boy Scouts for generations.
You have a dirty mind.
I was thinking about pro-militarism, segregation by default, anti-girl and anti-gay rhetoric, etc.
In that picture he looks like the little boy who peed in the pool.
“I apologize to all who were offended…”
Hmm…Try:
“What the president said was offensive. He was wrong to use his opportunity to behave badly.”
He just discovered that there are Liberal and Democratic Boy Scouts too
The fucking dimwit has forever politicized the event by inviting Trump.
Stupid Ignorant Trump
Yes, it’s harsh but true that his smile is one of the most disgusting things about him.
So right. An apology in the passive voice is no apology at all.
“In a time when differences seem to separate our country, we hope the true spirit of Scouting will empower our next generation of leaders to bring people together to do good in the world.”
So basically the BSA is admitting they knew Trump would be divisive and invited him anyway.
@steviedee111 @k_in_va Nailed it.
@krusher Absolutely. The above quote demonstrates that. No mention of steps the BSA will consider to prevent politics from being an issue at future events.
To paraphrase the dearly departed Molly Ivins. The only thing Trump regrets is that the jamboree and the attendees were not in its original German.
He did not rebuke Trump’s words, so apology is empty.
Pfft. Surbaugh cannot undo the damage. It is done. He should resign as president of BSA. This weasel worded apology comes too late.
That somehow sounds dirty…
Yeah, sorry, whatever. Fuck you and all your little bastards that were to wimpy to join the Civil Air Patrol or the Naval Sea Cadets.
It’s pretty damn sad when you can’t take the President aside and tell him it’s not ‘appropriate’. After all, he is ‘supposed’ to work FOR us not against us.
Alternate read of the story: Donald Trump is such a fuckup of an American president he can make the friggin’ Boy Scouts tug at their collars and distance themselves from him.