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Contrary to their motto the boy scouts were totally unprepared Trump's campaign ravings about how great he was and why they should vote him.  As usual he was wrong about the crowd being the largest ever and it would probably have been even smaller if they hadn't been marched to the speech.

While Trump was abusing the scouts his chief of staff was unprepared when in loyalty to the leader the Mooch tied the can to the chief.  The Mooch who saw greater glory for himself was unprepared when a day later Trump tied a can to his own tail.

Trump himself was unprepared when the Senate repeatedly shot him down on health care bill.  Despite ten holes in his foot Trump is demanding one more shot as he limps across his golf course maintained by low wage immigrants.  Are his employees prepared or exempt from green card checks?

The scouts motto is of course "Be Prepared" but then Trump never lowered himself to join the "rabble" in scouting.  The exact ranking of scouting in Trump's mind is difficult to determine because their values are so alien to him.  The scouts praise things like honor and trustworthiness while he has repeatedly proven that he has no honor and can't be trusted.   For Trump loyalty only works one way, to Der Donald, as he is quick to shove friends and foes alike under any bus he is driving.  Foreign leaders have discovered that Trump is neither friendly nor even courteous to potential allies rather he is hostile and domineering. As for thrifty he is the envy of every drunken sailor, spending the people's money for his own gratification touring his empire of golf clubs.  Trump was totally unprepared to serve as the nation's leader and continues to be unprepared to serve as he refuses the hard work of paying attention to the complexities of governance.

Another scout attribute, bravery is also absent in Trump.  When he is faced by bigger bullies it is Trump who hits the wall.  In his defense Trump was never a scout and never learned their basic code of conduct and sees no reason to learn from some foreign ideas. (In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, founded the Scouting movement in England, in America Powell's ideas merged in 1910 with existing boy clubs to become BSA.)

Der Donald somehow avoided the draft for eight years (1964 to the 1972 end of draft) and did not serve in the military.  This is not a condemnation as the draft was a crapshoot for most young men of the era.  Even if called up the draft was easily avoided if there was enough money to enroll in college or flee to Canada and Sweden.  So Trump should not be blamed for failing to serve, most of his generation did not.  This lack of service however left its mark on the man for he never saw what brave men are capable of nor did he learn of their creed "Duty, Honor and Country."  He is unprepared for even that short list of commitment.  From his perspective his Duty is to exploit his position for financial gain.  Honor means only what you can get away with, while Country is merely real estate to be developed and branded with a capital "T".

Trump's motto, " Lie big, Lie often, defend the Lie and Attack reality."

Contrary to their motto the boy scouts were totally unprepared Trump's campaign ravings about how great he was and why they should vote him.  As usual he was wrong about the crowd being the largest ever and it would probably have been even smaller if they hadn't been marched to the speech.

While Trump was abusing the scouts his chief of staff was unprepared when in loyalty to the leader the Mooch tied the can to the chief.  The Mooch who saw greater glory for himself was unprepared when a day later Trump tied a can to his own tail.

Trump himself was unprepared when the Senate repeatedly shot him down on health care bill.  Despite ten holes in his foot Trump is demanding one more shot as he limps across his golf course maintained by low wage immigrants.  Are his employees prepared or exempt from green card checks?

The scouts motto is of course "Be Prepared" but then Trump never lowered himself to join the "rabble" in scouting.  The exact ranking of scouting in Trump's mind is difficult to determine because their values are so alien to him.  The scouts praise things like honor and trustworthiness while he has repeatedly proven that he has no honor and can't be trusted.   For Trump loyalty only works one way, to Der Donald, as he is quick to shove friends and foes alike under any bus he is driving.  Foreign leaders have discovered that Trump is neither friendly nor even courteous to potential allies rather he is hostile and domineering. As for thrifty he is the envy of every drunken sailor, spending the people's money for his own gratification touring his empire of golf clubs.  Trump was totally unprepared to serve as the nation's leader and continues to be unprepared to serve as he refuses the hard work of paying attention to the complexities of governance.

Another scout attribute, bravery is also absent in Trump.  When he is faced by bigger bullies it is Trump who hits the wall.  In his defense Trump was never a scout and never learned their basic code of conduct and sees no reason to learn from some foreign ideas. (In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, founded the Scouting movement in England, in America Powell's ideas merged in 1910 with existing boy clubs to become BSA.)

Der Donald somehow avoided the draft for eight years (1964 to the 1972 end of draft) and did not serve in the military.  This is not a condemnation as the draft was a crapshoot for most young men of the era.  Even if called up the draft was easily avoided if there was enough money to enroll in college or flee to Canada and Sweden.  So Trump should not be blamed for failing to serve, most of his generation did not.  This lack of service however left its mark on the man for he never saw what brave men are capable of nor did he learn of their creed "Duty, Honor and Country."  He is unprepared for even that short list of commitment.  From his perspective his Duty is to exploit his position for financial gain.  Honor means only what you can get away with, while Country is merely real estate to be developed and branded with a capital "T".

Trump's motto, " Lie big, Lie often, defend the Lie and Attack reality."