Trump's Speech Turns Boy Scouts Jamboree To Political Rally, Twitter Reacts

President Donald Trump’s speech at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree Monday turned the annual scouting event into a full-blown political rally as he went on to discuss health care, presidential election and fake news. Needless to say, Twitter was not amused.

Addressing the boy scouts in West Virginia, Trump initially promised he would not talk about fake news and other issues in Washington, D.C. "I said, who the hell wants to speak about politics when I'm in front of the Boy Scouts?" Trump said, CNN reported.

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However, a few minutes into the speech, he went back on his word and talked about everything from Obamacare repeal to his win in the presidential election against Hillary Clinton. He also jokingly threatened Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price he would fire him if the vote to repeal Obamacare failed.

At the gathering of more than 40,000 people, he bragged about his presidential election strategy. "Do you remember that famous night on television, November 8?" Trump asked.

"You remember that incredible night with the maps,” he said, and stressed the maps in the most states in the country were "so red" that the people who had expected a Clinton victory were rendered speechless.

He went on to say his victory was "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."

Trump even recounted a story about real estate developer William Levitt and how his business failed in a bid to inspire the gathering. Talking about an encounter with Levitt, he said: “And I saw him at a cocktail party and it was very sad because the hottest people in New York were at this party,” the Hill reported.

The speech triggered some strong reactions on Twitter, with many calling him out for turning a speech to a crowd of kids — which was supposed to be motivational and non-partisan — into a campaign speech.

Some Twitter users compared the president to German dictator Adolf Hitler and his speech to those from the latter’s propaganda rallies in Nazi Germany.

The Hill also reported the crowd appeared to boo former President Barack Obama at a point during Trump’s speech. The report quoted Trump as saying: “By the way, just a question. Did President Obama ever come to a jamboree?” he asked the crowd, and the people booed in response. “The answer is no, but we’ll be back."

Obama sent a recorded video message to the National Jamboree in 2010, although he never addressed the gathering in person. His recorded speech that marked its 100th anniversary referred to the history of the Boy Scouts and the organization’s service to the United States.

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Obama was a member of the Indonesian Scout Association as a kid, according to reports. Trump, however, was never a part of the organization.

As reactions continued to pour in from all quarters after Trump's speech, the Boy Scouts of America released a statement after the event to steer clear of controversies. "The Boy Scouts of America is wholly non-partisan and does not promote any one position, product, service, political candidate or philosophy. The invitation for the sitting U.S. President to visit the National Jamboree is a long-standing tradition and is in no way an endorsement of any political party or specific policies. The sitting U.S. President serves as the BSA's honorary president. It is our long-standing custom to invite the U.S. President to the National Jamboree," the statement read.