Name:   copperline - Subject:   We should be paying attention to things like this Date:   8/2/2017 3:07:56 PM

The Chicago Tribune

August 2, 2017  10:30am

David Crary, Associated Press

The Boy Scouts are denying a claim by President Donald Trump that the head of the youth organization called the president to praise his politically aggressive speech to the Scouts' national jamboree.

Trump told The Wall Street Journal, "I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful." Politico published the transcript of the interview.

On Wednesday, the Scouts responded, "We are unaware of any such call." It specified that neither of the organization's two top leaders — President Randall Stephenson and Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh — had placed such a call.