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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,145 posts)
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 03:59 AM Jul 2017

Some Boy Scouts at Jamboree found speech inspiring.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/donald-trump-1/2017/07/25/texas-scouts-found-donald-trumps-speech-inspirational-despite-controversy?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter

Found this on Twitter. We have a thug in the White House who says "Never Give Up. Do What You Love".

He happens to love punishing those who don't love him. And He's a gold plated pig who acts like a guttersnipe. How did we go from one of our greatest orators to a nearly illiterate, narcissistic, confidence trickster in one minute on a dark January day?

That being said. He is having a huge effect on young people. And if they can survive without healthcare, may take the world by storm.
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Some Boy Scouts at Jamboree found speech inspiring. (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2017 OP
Storm troopers? Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #1
I wouldn't be surprised if these kids were paid actors. MrScorpio Jul 2017 #2
Nope. We are seeing the man win hearts and minds. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2017 #11
No. Dallas area Scouts. Pics in the link. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2017 #3
Those do not look like Boy Scouts Not Ruth Jul 2017 #8
I have personally spoken with older Germans that grew up in the Hitler Youth UCmeNdc Jul 2017 #4
they probably also liked being taught they were special/better than others JI7 Jul 2017 #5
Remember W Clement Stone? Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #6
reminds of an old Olympian I met in 1998 Swagman Jul 2017 #7
Ach du Liebe Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #9
some addicts just can't give it up. nt Javaman Jul 2017 #10

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,145 posts)
11. Nope. We are seeing the man win hearts and minds.
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 01:05 PM
Jul 2017

He is doing his own version of a lawless, politician without scruples or regard for the office.

He offered up his version of inspiration by praising himself and tearing down everyone else. We have no more uglier American than Trump and he's proud of it. Simply repackaged it,

Plus those in attendance were instructed to not jeer him. They obeyed. He became their master.


SleeplessinSoCal

(9,145 posts)
3. No. Dallas area Scouts. Pics in the link.
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:12 AM
Jul 2017

This was a pep talk like they give on Wall Street or pro Football.

He sees the love. If they turn on him, they'll pay a heavy price.

We are his hostages.

"Donald Trump on Tuesday characterized the White House turmoil that’s come to define his young presidency as “White House stuff, where they’re fighting over who loves me the most.”

UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
4. I have personally spoken with older Germans that grew up in the Hitler Youth
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:20 AM
Jul 2017

They talked of the how they loved "the Hitler Youth" as an organization. They enjoyed the games, organized events, and friendships they formed there. Of course, at the time, they all thought of Hitler as a "god" in a sense.

Indoctrination starts out that way. Trump is only at his beginnings.......

JI7

(89,275 posts)
5. they probably also liked being taught they were special/better than others
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 04:23 AM
Jul 2017

trump crowds are very white even for a republican.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
6. Remember W Clement Stone?
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 05:01 AM
Jul 2017

I met his property manager while grifting
as a claims adjuster.....great job.....gave me a car.....only had to go to the office once a week....worked one or two other days

The man had been a Hitler Youth--an athlete

He'd won some sort of track competition and was presented his medal by der fuhrer!

Said he had a very limp handshake

Another time he was swimming in a river and a P-51 swooped in and started strafing him

Said WCS was pretty crazy

He had a party once where he used a 747 escape slide inside the multi story, indoor courtyard at his Spanish stucco estate on Sheridan road in either Wilmette or Glencoe, not far from Charles Percy, the 2d politician I ever saw give a speech

1st was Goldwater

We had this in our front yard for about two years



Jesus......time to

https://m.



Swagman

(1,934 posts)
7. reminds of an old Olympian I met in 1998
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 06:10 AM
Jul 2017

who won Gold at the Berlin Olympics for running.

Hitler presented the medal & I asked him his impression..
"pasty faced with a wet handshake and dreadful halitosis" was his reply.

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