--- title: Boy Scout Jamboree: Watch Barack Obama's 2010 Message description: President Donald Trump attacked Barack Obama for failing to attend the Boy Scouts of America's National Scout Jamboree. canonical: https://time.com/4872425/boy-scouts-america-jamboree-donald-trump-barack-obama/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-25T14:56:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:43:06.218Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch President Obama's 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree Message og:description: "We are going to depend on you . . . to move America forward" og:url: https://time.com/4872425/boy-scouts-america-jamboree-donald-trump-barack-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e3ed9f8c0137632/6988d706bc6cfcce3b3e25e2/gettyimages-476440518.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Obama Speaks At Catholic Hospital Association Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch President Obama's 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree Message twitter:description: "We are going to depend on you . . . to move America forward" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e3ed9f8c0137632/6988d706bc6cfcce3b3e25e2/gettyimages-476440518.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch President Obama's Message to the 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jul 25, 2017 2:56 PM UTC  Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Catholic Hospital Association conference June 9, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Catholic Hospital Association conference June 9, 2015 in Washington, D.C.Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jul 25, 2017 2:56 PM UTC Speaking at the [National Scout Jamboree](http://time.com/4871947/donald-trump-boy-scout-jamboree/) on Monday, President Donald Trump criticized his predecessor Barack Obama for failing to attend the Boy Scouts of America event during his eight years in office. “By the way, just a question, did [President Obama](http://time.com/4792761/barack-obama-vacation-list/) ever come to a Jamboree?” Trump said, [eliciting a series of boos](http://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/) from the crowd. “And we’ll be back. We’ll be back. The answer is no. But we’ll be back.” Trump was correct that Obama never attended the Jamboree in person. But Obama did record a [video message](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obtkCHhJ%5Fq8&feature=youtu.be) for the 2010 Jamboree, which marked the Boy Scouts’ centennial celebration. In that message, Obama highlighted the role the Boy Scouts had played in America’s history. He also praised the leadership skills the organization seeks to instill in its members. Here is the full transcript of Obama’s video message to the 2010 National Scout Jamboree: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4872425/boy-scouts-america-jamboree-donald-trump-barack-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4872425/boy-scouts-america-jamboree-donald-trump-barack-obama/"},"headline":"Watch President Obama's Message to the 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree","datePublished":"2017-07-25T14:56:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:43:06.218Z","description":"\"We are going to depend on you . . . to move America forward\"","url":"https://time.com/4872425/boy-scouts-america-jamboree-donald-trump-barack-obama/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e3ed9f8c0137632/6988d706bc6cfcce3b3e25e2/gettyimages-476440518.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e3ed9f8c0137632/6988d706bc6cfcce3b3e25e2/gettyimages-476440518.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Speaks At Catholic Hospital Association Conference","caption":"President Obama Speaks At Catholic Hospital Association Conference","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4872425/boy-scouts-america-jamboree-donald-trump-barack-obama/","name":"Watch President Obama's Message to the 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree"}}]}] ```