Lost in the endless tumult of national and international news was notice of the celebration, last June 28 through July 2, of the Girl Scout Jamboree. The Getaway, hosted by the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council in collaboration with the Boy Scouts of America, was held at The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve. The setting, fifteen minutes from Beckley, WV, is a state-of-the-art high adventure facility that is also the new home of the National Boy Scout Jamboree. Activities included zip-lining, rappelling, bouldering, mountain biking, and stand-up paddle boarding, as well as a rigorous regimen of walking (at least seven miles per day) between stations.
While President Trump’s recent speech to the Boy Scout Jamboree has received extensive media coverage, his earlier address to the Girl Scouts has, sadly, gone largely ignored. So we’re especially pleased to reprint a transcript of the President’s speech to the Girl Scouts, below. This document, obtained via an unnamed White House source, does not identify which comments are from the President’s prepared remarks, and which are extemporaneous.
Thank you…thank you…Giselle, Commander Giselle or whatever they call you, thank you… Isn’t this fantastic? Really fantastic…All these girls…Thank you…Yes, I love you, too. Women love me, girls love me…And I love them! I mean right? Big league. Always a big-league lover of women, the most beautiful women in the world, I have to tell you. I was on a yacht once, owned by a very successful person, great guy. This is a man who owned all the molybdenum in the northern hemisphere, if you really want to know. And we’re in international waters, so, I mean, you know… You know what I’m talking about. You know life. You’re nine-year-old girls, you know life. He said, Donald, would you like to meet some beautiful women? What am I going to say? No? Of course I said yes. And some very interesting things happened on that boat, on that yacht. Never mind, let’s not go into it. Let’s just say everybody was a consenting adult, which is a great thing to be. Or they said they were, so you know–no harm, no foul.
And I’m thrilled to be here. It’s hot! West Virginia in the summer, whose idea was this? But it’s fine. I’ll be fine. Anything for the girls. Who give so much. The girls. The girls of America, the women of America, they give so much–and not just to me, but to America. Although they do give a lot to me, my girls, my women.
I see the press is here. And that’s fine. The press will say, “Trump said the girls don’t give him a lot.” Very dishonest people. Very dishonest. I want to tell you young ladies, do yourself a favor. When you grow up? Don’t be in the press. Terrible people, really, some of the most terrible people in the world. Very unfair. But that’s okay.
They said to me, Do you want to go talk to the Girl Scouts? I said, I’ll be honest with you, I said, “Why? Why do I want to do this? Will they stay at my hotels? Will they join my golf clubs? Will they buy Ivanka’s really amazing lines of clothes and fashion accessories?” And they said, “Because they’re the future leaders and wives of leaders and mothers of leaders of tomorrow. And you’re the President of the United States.” Which I am, by the way, I have to tell you. Can you believe it? Sometimes I can’t believe it. I’m President of the United States. It’s just amazing.
So I said, Okay. Plus, I’ll tell you, you’re girls. You’ll buy Ivanka’s line, it’ll all work out. It’ll be fine, believe me.
Because I’ll be honest, I don’t have to be here. In this heat, this West Viginia humidity. I won with the biggest surprise landslide victory in history. Remember that? Who remembers that? And the popular vote too, I won, although the dishonest press won’t tell you that. They’ll say that just because Crooked Hillary got a larger total of votes, that she won the popular vote. I’ll tell you something. She got a lot of votes, but she’s not popular, believe me. With a face like that? Never has been. A very unpopular woman. Yeah, that’s right. We’re going to lock her up. I have people looking into it, we’re going to make it happen.
Can we get a shot of this crowd? The networks will say, nobody came to hear Trump talk to the Girl Scouts. Very unfair. Very, very unfair people. Terrible.
You all got a map as you came in, the map of the Electoral College, of my amazing win. See how red it is? People have said they’ve never seen so much red on a map. They say this is the reddest map in history. I tell them, Well, that’s because we’re going to make America red again. And we are. Right?
Because we love America. Right? Who doesn’t love America? Reince Priebus is here. He loves America. And I don’t know how many of you know this, but Reince used to be a Girl Scout. No, I’m kidding. Come here, Reince. Isn’t he great, girls? Also Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sarah? Were you ever a Girl Scout? She wasn’t. Too bad. Because look at her. She drops ten, twenty pounds, gets a new haircut, she could really be something. Really be something, Sarah. Maybe get some shoes from Ivanka, I’ll get you a deal. I get the greatest deals, by the way, just so you know, I have to tell you.
But before I go I want to talk about success. I’m a very successful person. And I know a lot of very successful people. Not just men. Women, too. Very successful women. Like Florence Nightingale, who more and more people are learning has done an amazing job at being a successful woman. And Marie Curie. Great gal. She knows what a disaster Obamacare is, am I right? It’s an absolute disaster. But we’re going to fix it, and Reince is going to help us, and if we don’t fix it, I’ll be upset. And I like revenge—you girls like revenge, right? Everybody loves revenge. Another successful girl, an amazing success, Anne Frank, who did such an incredible job at being great, whose wonderful story was paved with our wonderful American values. And we love our values.
We love winning. So we’re doing fine. America’s doing great. We’re saying “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukah” when we go shopping, and it’s great. American hearts are warmed every year by shopping, because of our values. Did Obama ever talk to you girls about shopping? I don’t think so. I don’t think so. But that’s all over now. Now you can be proud of wearing the Girl Scout uniform even though the dishonest press doesn’t report that. Although don’t wear it for the rest of your life. Get something nice. Get something that shows your figure. If you have one. If you don’t have a figure, that’s okay. Maybe Ivanka has something that can help.
So remember that one word, as you grow up, and grow breasts, and become very attractive, and go out into the world: “diversify.” Also “collateral.” Very important word. A lot of people don’t know that that’s the secret to Anne Frank’s success. She diversified her collateral. At least that’s what I was told, I don’t know, maybe she didn’t, you tell me.
I know you want to grow up to be like them, to be successful and attractive young women full of spirit and love. And when you do, I hope you’ll give me your number. No, I’m kidding.
So thank you, Girl Scouts, for being all you can be. And when you grow up and have children, you can tell them that you attended an event for President Trump. Because it’s not easy to see me in person. I have a busy schedule. But that’s what makes me such a success. So everybody: love America, grow up, stay busy, diversify, and be beautiful women. God bless you, God bless America, God bless everybody. Maybe except Reince. I’m kidding. Thank you.
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