Boy Scouts: Top Leaders Didn't Call Trump To Praise Wv Speech

By By David Crary The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The Boy Scouts denied Wednesday that the head of the youth organization called President Donald Trump to praise his recent, politically aggressive speech to its national jamboree. Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Wednesday, "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. "We are unaware of any such call," the Boy Scouts responded in a statement.