What can we learn from President Donald Trump’s tweets and never-ending campaign speeches?
Lots. But we’re not learning what he wants us to – what he thinks he’s sharing.
On Monday, Trump broke ranks with eight previous presidents who’ve addressed the Boy Scouts’ National Scout Jamboree over the past 80 years. He broke ranks by talking politics rather than values – values like service, citizenship and peacemaking.
“Who the hell wants to speak about politics when I’m in front of the Boy Scouts?” Trump said in front of 40,000 boys between the ages of 6 and 18.
Then he went on to call Washington a “sewer” and a “cesspool.” And he spent the majority of his 35 minutes onstage to brag about his “record” crowd size, bash President Barack Obama, criticize the “fake media,” berate Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and threaten to “fire” his health and human services secretary if Congress doesn’t vote for the Republican health care bill.