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President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that after his controversial speech at the Boy Scouts National Jamboree in West Virginia, the head of the Boy Scouts called him and told him it was "the greatest speech that was ever made to them."
But the organization told TIME they are unaware of any call from national leadership placed to the White House. “The Chief Scout Executive’s message to the Scouting community speaks for itself,” the organization said, referring to a July 27 statement from Michael Surbaugh, the Chief Scout Executive for the Boy Scouts of America, who apologized to anyone in the scouting community who could have been offended or alarmed by the political rhetoric in the speech.
Donald Trump glossed over that apology in his interview saying this:
And 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.
Trump also claimed to the Wall Street Journal that there was a standing ovation that lasted "for five minutes after I had already gone."
I forgot, is it still news when Trump tells a blatant lie that is then refuted by a respected national institution? Or is that now just to be expected?
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