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The boy scouts are denying a claim by U.S. 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."
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.
Surbaugh apologized last week to members of the scouting community who were offended by the political rhetoric in Trump's July 24 speech in West Virginia.
"I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree," Subraugh said in the statement. "That was never our intent. The invitation for the sitting U.S. president to visit the National Jamboree is a long-standing tradition that has been extended to the leader of our nation that has had a jamboree during his term since 1937. It is in no way an endorsement of any person, party or policies."
Meanwhile, the Mexican government said on Wednesday that President Enrique Pena Nieto did not call Trump to compliment his immigration policies.
Mexico's foreign relations department said the president "has not had any recent telephone communication with President Donald Trump."
Trump said on Monday that "even the president of Mexico called me. They said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they're not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/boy-scouts-trump-controversy-1.4231943
What a national embarrassment Trump is.
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."
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.
Surbaugh apologized last week to members of the scouting community who were offended by the political rhetoric in Trump's July 24 speech in West Virginia.
"I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree," Subraugh said in the statement. "That was never our intent. The invitation for the sitting U.S. president to visit the National Jamboree is a long-standing tradition that has been extended to the leader of our nation that has had a jamboree during his term since 1937. It is in no way an endorsement of any person, party or policies."
Meanwhile, the Mexican government said on Wednesday that President Enrique Pena Nieto did not call Trump to compliment his immigration policies.
Mexico's foreign relations department said the president "has not had any recent telephone communication with President Donald Trump."
Trump said on Monday that "even the president of Mexico called me. They said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they're not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/boy-scouts-trump-controversy-1.4231943
What a national embarrassment Trump is.
