BSA 2017 Jamboree — President Trump shares the
secret of his GREAT success (MOMENTUM from hard work!)
Read the full transcript
of Trump's words below.
TRUMP:
Thank you, everybody. Thank you very
much. I am thrilled to be here. Thrilled.
(APPLAUSE)
And if you
think that was an easy trip, you're wrong. But I am thrilled.
(LAUGHTER)
19th Boy
Scout Jamboree, wow, and to address such a tremendous group. Boy, you have a
lot of people here. The press will say it's about 200 people.
(LAUGHTER)
It looks like about 45,000 people. You set a
record today.
(APPLAUSE)
You set a
record. That's a great honor, believe me.
Tonight
we put aside all of the policy fights in Washington, D.C. you've been hearing
about with the fake news and all of that. We're going to put that...
(APPLAUSE)
We're going to put that aside. And instead we're going to talk
about SUCCESS, about how all of you
amazing young Scouts can achieve your dreams, what to think of, what I've been thinking about. You want to
achieve your dreams, I said, who the hell wants to speak about politics when
I'm in front of the Boy Scouts? Right?
(APPLAUSE) [Editorial comment: All right!
President Donald J. Trump being VERY presidential .!. ]
There are
many great honors that come with the job of being president of the United
States. But looking out at this incredible gathering of mostly young patriots.
Mostly young. I'm especially proud to speak to you as the honorary president of
the Boy Scouts of America.
(APPLAUSE)
CROWD [of young scouts and their BSA leaders]: USA! USA! USA!
TRUMP: You are the young people of
character, integrity who will serve as leaders of our communities and uphold
the sacred values of our nation.
I want to thank Boy Scouts President Randall Stephenson, chief Scout
executive Michael Surbaugh, Jamboree Chairman Ralph de la Vega and the
thousands of volunteers who made this a life-changing experience for all of
you. And when they asked me to be here, I said absolutely yes.
(APPLAUSE)
Finally -- and we can't forgot these people -- I especially want
to salute the moms and the dads and troop leaders who are here tonight.
(APPLAUSE) Thank you for making scouting possible. Thank you, mom and dad,
troop leaders.
When you volunteer for the Boy Scouts you are not only shaping young lives, you
are shaping the future of America.
(APPLAUSE)
The United States has no better citizens than its Boy Scouts.
(APPLAUSE) No better. (APPLAUSE)
The values, traditions and skills you learn here will serve you
throughout your lives. And just as importantly, they will serve your families,
your cities, and in the future and in the present will serve your country.
(APPLAUSE)
The Scouts believe in putting America first.
(APPLAUSE)
You know, I
go to Washington and I see all these politicians, and I see the swamp, and it's
not a good place. In fact, today, I said we ought to change it from the word
"swamp" to the word "cesspool" or perhaps to the word
"sewer."
(APPLAUSE)
But it's not
good. Not good. And I see what's going on. And believe me, I'd much rather be
with you, that I can tell you.
(APPLAUSE)
I'll tell you
the reason that I love this, and the reason that I really wanted to be here, is
because as president, I rely on former Boy Scouts every single day. And so do
the American people.
It's amazing how many Boy Scouts we have
at the highest level of our great government. Many of my top advisers in
the White House were Scouts. Ten members of my cabinet were
Scouts.
Can you believe that? Ten. (APPLAUSE) Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson is not only a Boy Scout, he is your former national president. [ED: We learn a lot from this amazing POTUS
address at BSA Jamboree!]
(APPLAUSE)
The vice president of the United States,
Mike Pence -- a good guy -- was a Scout, and it meant so much to him. (APPLAUSE) Some of you here tonight
might even have camped out in this yard when Mike was the governor of
Indiana, but the scouting was very, very important. And by the way, where are our Indiana scouts
tonight? (APPLAUSE)
I wonder if
the television cameras will follow you? [no.] They don't doing that when they
see these massive crowds. They don't like doing that.
Hi, folks. (APPLAUSE)
There's a lot
of love in this big, beautiful place. A lot of love. And a lot of love for our
country. And a lot of love for our country.
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is
here tonight.
Come here, Ryan. (APPLAUSE) Ryan is an Eagle Scout from Big Sky Country in Montana.(APPLAUSE) Pretty good.
And by the way, he is doing a fantastic job. He makes sure that we
leave our national parks and federal lands better than we found them in the
best scouting tradition. So thank you very much,
Ryan.
(APPLAUSE)
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry of
Texas, an Eagle Scout from the great state [of TEXAS].
(APPLAUSE)
The first time he came to the National Jamboree was in 1964. He
was very young then. And Rick told me just a little while ago, it
totally changed his life.
So, Rick,
thank you very much for being here. And we're doing -- we're doing a lot with energy.
(APPLAUSE) And very soon, Rick, we
will be an energy exporter. Isn't that nice? An energy exporter.(APPLAUSE)
In other
words, we'll be selling our energy
instead of buying it from everybody all over the globe. So that's good.
(APPLAUSE) We will be energy dominant.
And I'll tell you what, the folks in West Virginia who were so nice to me, boy,
have we kept our promise. We
are going on and on. So we love West Virginia. We want to thank you.
Where's West Virginia by the way? (APPLAUSE) Thank you.
Secretary Tom Price is also here
today. Dr. Price still lives the Scout
oath, helping to keep millions of Americans strong and healthy as our secretary
of Health and Human Services. And he's doing a great job. And 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.
(APPLAUSE)
CROWD: USA! USA! USA!
TRUMP: By the way, are you going to get the votes? He better get them. He
better get them. Oh, he better. Otherwise I'll say, "Tom, you're
fired." I'll get somebody. [joking]
(APPLAUSE) He better get Senator Capito to vote for it. He better 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. They better do
it. Hopefully they'll do it.
As we can see just by looking at our government, in America, Scouts lead the way. And another
thing I've noticed -- and I've noticed it all my life -- there is a tremendous spirit with being a Scout, more
so than almost anything I can think of. So whatever is going on, keep doing it.
It's incredible to watch, believe me.
(APPLAUSE)
Each of these
leaders will tell that you their road to American success -- and you have to
understand -- their American success,
and they are a great, great story, was paved with the patriotic American values
and traditions they learned in the Boy Scouts. And some day, many years
from now, when you look back on all of the adventures in your lives you will be
able to say the same, I got my start as
a Scout, just like these incredibly great people that are doing such a good
job for our country. So that's going
to happen.
(APPLAUSE) Boy Scout values are American values. And great Boy Scouts
become great, great Americans.
(APPLAUSE)
As the Scout
law says, a scout is trustworthy, loyal -- we could use some more loyalty I
will tell that you that.
(EVERYONE reciting the Scout Oath, in unison)
That was very impressive. You've heard that before. But here you learn
the rewards of hard work and perseverance, never, ever give up. Never quit. Persevere. Never,
ever quit. You learn the satisfaction of building a roaring campfire, reaching
a mountain summit or earning a merit badge after mastering a certain skill. There's no better feeling than an
achievement that you've earned with your own sweat, tears, resolve, hard work.
There's nothing like it. Do you agree with that? (APPLAUSE)
I'm waving to
people back there so small I can't even see them. Man, this is a lot of people.
Turn those cameras back there, please. That is so incredible.
By the way, what do you think the chances are that this incredible massive
crowd, record setting, is going to be shown on television tonight? One percent
or zero?
(APPLAUSE)
The fake media will say,
"President Trump spoke" -- you know what is -- "President Trump
spoke before a small crowd of Boy Scouts today." That's some -- that is
some crowd. Fake media. Fake news.
Thank you. And I'm honored by that. By the way, all of you people that can't
even see you, so thank you. I hope you can hear.
Through scouting you also learned to believe in yourself -- so important -- to
have confidence in your ability and to take responsibility for your own life.
When you face down new challenges -- and you will have plenty of them -- develop
talents you never thought possible, and lead your teammates through daring
trials, you discover that you can handle
anything. And you learn it by being a Scout. It's great.
(APPLAUSE)
You can do
anything. You can be anything you
want to be. But in order to succeed, you must find out what you love to do. You
have to find your passion, no matter what they tell you. If you don't
-- I love you too. I don't know. Nice guy.
(“NO!” APPLAUSE)
Hey, what am I going to do? He sounds like a nice person. He -- he, he, he. I
do. I do love you. (CROWD CHANTING: “We
love Trump”)
By the way, just a question, did President Obama ever come to a Jamboree?
(APPLAUSE) And we'll be back. We'll be back. The answer is no. But we'll be back.
In life, in order to be successful -- and you people are well on the road to
success -- you have to find out what makes you excited, what makes you want to
get up each morning and go to work? You have to find it. If you love what you
do and dedicate yourself to your work, then you will gain momentum? And look,
you have to. You need the word "momentum." You will gain that
momentum. And each success will create another success. The word
"momentum."
I'll tell you a story that's very interesting for me. When I was young there
was a man named William Levitt. You have some here. You have some in
different states. Anybody ever hear of Levittown?
(APPLAUSE) And he was a very
successful man, became unbelievable -- he was a home builder, became an
unbelievable success, and got more and more successful. And he'd build homes, and at night he'd go to
these major sites with teams of people, and he'd scour the sites for nails, and
sawdust and small pieces of wood, and they cleaned the site, so when the
workers came in the next morning, the sites would be spotless and clean, and he
did it properly. And he did this for 20 years, and then he was offered a lot of
money for his company, and he sold his company, for a tremendous amount of
money, at the time especially. This is a long time ago. Sold his company
for a tremendous amount of money.
And he went out and bought a
big yacht,
and he had a very interesting life. I won't go any more than that,
because you're Boy Scouts so I'm not going to tell you what he did.
(BOYS CHANTING) Should I tell you? Should I tell you? (APPLAUSE)
You're Boy
Scouts, but you know life. You know life.
So look at you. Who would think this is the Boy Scouts, right?
So he had a very, very interesting life, and the company that bought his
company was a big conglomerate, and they didn't know anything about building
homes, and they didn't know anything about picking up the nails and the sawdust
and selling it, and the scraps of wood. This was a big conglomerate based in New York City.
And after about a 10-year period, there were losing a lot with it. It didn't
mean anything to them. And they couldn't sell it. So they called William Levitt
up, and they said, would you like to buy back your company, and he said,
yes, I would. He so badly wanted it.
He got bored with this life of yachts, and sailing, and all of the things he
did in the south of France and other places. You won't get bored, right? You
know, truthfully, you're workers. You'll get bored too, believe me. Of course
having a few good years like that isn't so bad.
But what happened is he bought back his company, and he bought back a lot of
empty land, and he worked hard at getting zoning, and he worked hard on
starting to develop, and in the end he failed, and he failed badly,
lost all of his money. He went personally bankrupt, and he was now much older.
And I saw him at a cocktail party. And it was very sad because the hottest
people in New York were at this party. It was the party of Steve Ross -- Steve
Ross, who was one of the great people. He came up and discovered, really founded Time Warner,
and he was a great guy. He had a lot of successful people at the party.
And I was doing well, so I got invited to the party. I was very young. And I go
in, but I'm in the real estate business, and I see a hundred people, some of
whom I recognize, and they're big in the entertainment business.
And I see sitting in the corner was a
little old man who was all by himself. Nobody was talking to him. I
immediately recognized that that man was the once great William Levitt, of
Levittown, and I immediately went over. I wanted to talk to him more than the
Hollywood, show business, communications people.
So I went over and talked to him, and I said, "Mr. Levitt, I'm Donald
Trump." He said, "I know." I said, "Mr. Levitt, how are you
doing?" He goes, "Not well, not well at all." And I knew that.
But he said, "Not well at all."
And he explained what was happening and how bad it's been and how hard it's
been. And I said, "What exactly happened? Why did this happen to you?
You're one of the greats ever in our industry. Why did this happen to you?"
And he said, "Donald, I lost my momentum. I lost my momentum." A word you never hear
when you're talking about success when some of these guys that never made 10
cents, they're on television giving you things about how you're going to be
successful, and the only thing they ever did was a book and a tape. But I tell
you -- I'll tell you, it was very sad, and I never forgot that moment.
And I thought about it, and it's exactly true. He lost his momentum,
meaning he took this period of time off, long, years, and then when he got
back, he didn't have that same momentum.
In life, I always tell this to people, you have to know whether or not you
continue to have the momentum. And if you don't have it, that's OK. Because
you're going to go on, and you're going to learn and you're going to do things
that are great. But you have to know about the word "momentum."
But the big thing, never quit, never
give up; do something you love. When you do something you love as a Scout,
I see that you love it. But when you do something that you love, you'll never
fail. What you're going to do is give it a shot again and again
and again. You're ultimately going to be successful.
And remember this, you're not working. Because when you're doing something that
you love, like I do -- of course I love my business, but this is a little bit
different. Who thought this was going to happen. We're, you know, having a good
time. We're doing a good job.
(APPLAUSE)
Doing a good
job. But when you do something that you love, remember this, it's not work. So
you'll work 24/7. You're going to work all the time. And at the end of the year
you're not really working. You don't
think of it as work. When you're not doing something that you like or
when you're forced into do something that you really don't like, that's called
work, and it's hard work, and tedious work.
So as much as you can do something that you love, work hard and never
ever give up, and you're going to be tremendously successful,
tremendously successful.
(APPLAUSE)
Now, with
that, I have to tell you our economy is doing great. Our stock market has
picked up since the election, November 8th -- do we remember that day? Was that
a beautiful day? (APPLAUSE) What a day.
Do you remember that famous night on television, November 8th where they said, these dishonest people, where
they said, there is no path to victory for Donald Trump. They forgot about the
forgotten people.
By the way, they're not forgetting about the forgotten people anymore. They're going crazy trying to figure it
out, but I told them, far too late; it's far too late.
But you remember that incredible night with the maps, and the Republicans are
red and the Democrats are blue, and that
map was so red it was unbelievable. And they didn't know what to say.
(APPLAUSE) And you know, we have a tremendous disadvantage in the Electoral
College. Popular vote is much easier. We have -- because New York, California,
Illinois, you have to practically run the East Coast. And we did.
We won Florida. We won South Carolina. We won North Carolina. We won
Pennsylvania.
(APPLAUSE)
We won and
won. So when they said, there is no way to victory; there is no way to 270. You
know I went to Maine four times because it's one vote, and we won. We
won. One vote. I went there because I kept hearing we're at 269. But then
Wisconsin came in. Many, many years. Michigan came in.
(APPLAUSE)
So -- and we worked hard there. You know, my
opponent didn't work hard there, because she was told...
(BOOING just an ohhh for Hillary)
She was told she was going to win Michigan, and I said, well, wait a minute.
The car industry is moving to Mexico. Why is she going to move -- she's there.
Why are they allowing it to move? And by the way, do you see those car industry
-- do you see what's happening? They're coming back to Michigan. They're coming
back to Ohio. They're starting to peel back in.
(APPLAUSE)
And we go to
Wisconsin, now, Wisconsin hadn't been won in many, many years by a Republican.
But we go to Wisconsin, and we had tremendous crowds. And I'd leave
these massive crowds, I'd say, why are we going to lose this state?
The polls, that's also fake news.
They're fake polls. But the polls are saying -- but we won Wisconsin. (APPLAUSE)
So I have to
tell you, what we did, in all fairness, is an
unbelievable tribute to you and all of the other millions and millions of
people that came out and voted for make America great again.
(APPLAUSE)
And I'll tell
you what, we are indeed making America great again.
CROWD: USA! USA! USA!
TRUMP: And I'll tell you what, we are indeed making America great again. What's going on is incredible. (APPLAUSE)
We had the
best jobs report in 16 years. The stock market on a daily basis is hitting an
all-time high. We're going to be
bringing back very soon trillions of
dollars from companies that can't get their money back into this
country, and that money is going to be used to help rebuild America. We're
doing things that nobody ever thought was possible, and we've just started. It's just the beginning, believe me.
(APPLAUSE) You know, in the Boy
Scouts you learn right from wrong,
correct? You learn to contribute to your communities, to take pride in your
nation, and to seek out opportunities to serve. You pledge to help other
people at all times.
(APPLAUSE) In the Scout oath, you pledge on your honor to do your best and
to do your duty to God and your country.
(APPLAUSE) And by the way, under the Trump administration you'll be saying
"Merry Christmas" again when you go shopping, believe me. (APPLAUSE) Merry Christmas.
They've been downplaying that little beautiful phrase. You're going to be
saying "Merry Christmas" again, folks. (APPLAUSE)
But the words
"duty," "country" and "God"
are beautiful words. In other words, basically what you're doing is you're pledging
to be a great American patriot.
(APPLAUSE) For more than a century that is exactly what our Boy Scouts have
been. Last year you gave more than 15 million hours of service to helping
people in your communities. Incredible. That's an incredible stat. (APPLAUSE) All of you here tonight will contribute more than 100,000 hours
of service by the end of this Jamboree -- 100,000.
(APPLAUSE)
When natural
disaster strikes, when people face hardship, when the beauty and glory of our
outdoor spaces must be restored and taken care of, America turns to the Boy Scouts because we know that the Boy Scouts
never ever, ever let us down.
(APPLAUSE)
Just like you
know you can count on me, we know we can count on you, because we know the values
that you live by.
(APPLAUSE)
Your values
are the same values that have always kept America strong, proud and free.
And by the way, do you see the billions
and billions and billions of additional money that we're putting back into our
military? Billions of dollars.
(APPLAUSE)
New planes,
new ships, great equipment for our people that are so great to us. We
love our vets. We love our soldiers. And we love our police, by the way. (APPLAUSE) Firemen, police. We love our police. Those are all special people.
Uniformed services. Two days ago I traveled to Norfolk, Virginia to commission
an American aircraft carrier into the fleet of the United States Navy. (APPLAUSE) It's the newest, largest
and most advanced aircraft carrier anywhere in the world, and it's named for an
Eagle Scout -- the USS Gerald R. Ford. (APPLAUSE) Everywhere it sails that great Scout's name will be feared and
revered, because that ship will be a
symbol of American power, prestige and strength.
(APPLAUSE) Our nation honors President Gerald R. Ford today because he
lived his life the scouting way.
Boy Scouts celebrate American patriots, especially
the brave members of our Armed Forces. Thank you very much.
(APPLAUSE) Thank you. Thank you. (APPLAUSE)
American
hearts are warmed every year when we read about Boy Scouts placing thousands
and thousands of flags next to veterans'
grave sites all across the country. By honoring our heroes, you help to
ensure that their memory never, ever dies. You should take great pride in the example you set for every citizen
of our country to follow.
(APPLAUSE)
Generations
of American Boy Scouts have sworn the same oath and lived according to the same
law. You inherit a noble American
tradition. And as you embark on your lives, never cease to be proud of
you who you are and the principles you hold dear and stand by. Wear your values as your badge of honor.
What you've done few have done before you. What you've done is incredible. What
you've done is admired by all. So I want to congratulate you, Boy Scouts.
(APPLAUSE)
Let your
scouting oath guide your path from this day forward. Remember your duty, honor
your history, take care of the people God put into your life, and love
and cherish your great country.
(APPLAUSE)
You are very
special people. You're special in the lives of America. You're special to me.
But if you do what we say, I promise you
that you will live scouting's adventure every single day of your life, and you
will win, win, win, and help people in doing so.
(APPLAUSE)
Your lives
will have meaning, and purpose and joy. You will become
leaders, and you will inspire others to achieve the dreams they once thought
were totally impossible. Things that you said could never, ever happen are already
happening for you. And if you do these things, and if you refuse to give in to doubt or to fear, then you will help to
make America great again, you will be proud of yourself, be proud of the
uniform you wear, and be proud of the country you love.
(APPLAUSE) CROWD: USA! USA! USA!
TRUMP:
And never, ever forget, America is proud of you. (APPLAUSE)
This is a
very, very special occasion for me. I've known so many Scouts over the years. Winners. I've known so many great people. They've been taught
so well, and they love the heritage. But this is very special for me.
And I just want to end by saying, very importantly, God bless you. God
bless the Boy Scouts. God Bless the United States of America. Go out, have a great time in life, compete, and
go out and show me that there is
nobody, nobody like a Boy Scout.
(APPLAUSE) Thank you very much,
everybody. (APPLAUSE) Thank you very
much.
(APPLAUSE) Thank you. (APPLAUSE)
Thank you very much (APPLAUSE)
Stuart Varney “The Stock Market is at an
all-time high, breaking all records.”
ED: Credit speeches President
Donald J. Trump made at Jamboree and Ohio/Indiana!
