--- title: Donald Trump: Boy Scouts 'Unaware' of Call Trump Claimed description: The Boy Scouts told TIME they are unaware of any call from national leadership placed to the White House canonical: https://time.com/4883422/donald-trump-boy-scouts-wall-street-journal-transcript/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-01T23:41:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T05:08:29.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Boy Scouts 'Unaware' of Call Trump Said He Received From Organization Praising Jamboree Speech og:description: Boy Scouts speech was 'the greatest ever made to them' og:url: https://time.com/4883422/donald-trump-boy-scouts-wall-street-journal-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7637222454220482/6988d7624ee262cfc530e551/trump-attacks-sow-chaos-washington.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: trump-attacks-sow-chaos-washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Boy Scouts 'Unaware' of Call Trump Said He Received From Organization Praising Jamboree Speech twitter:description: Boy Scouts speech was 'the greatest ever made to them' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7637222454220482/6988d7624ee262cfc530e551/trump-attacks-sow-chaos-washington.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Boy Scouts 'Unaware' of Call Trump Said He Received From Organization Praising Jamboree Speech > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump spoke Monday night at the 2017 Boy Scout Jamboree, where he bragged about his victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign and bashed the media._  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:08 AM UTCPublished: Aug 1, 2017 11:41 PM UTC  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:08 AM UTCPublished: Aug 1, 2017 11:41 PM UTC 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](http://time.com/4876705/donald-trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech/), 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. “For years, people have called upon us to take a position on political issues, and we have steadfastly remained non-partisan and refused to comment on political matters. We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the Scouting program,” Surbaugh wrote. The President also told the paper he did not find his politicized speech to the Boy Scouts last month to be controversial, despite Surbaugh’s apology. “They loved it,” the President told the Wall Street _Journal,_ according to a transcript of the interview obtained and [published by](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/01/trump-wall-street-journal-interview-full-transcript-241214) Politico_._ In the transcript, the President is responding to claims from the paper’s reporters that the reaction to his speech was “mixed.” “I’d be the first to admit mixed. I’m a guy that will tell you mixed,” Trump responded. “There was no mix there. That was a standing ovation from the time I walked out to the time I left, and for five minutes after I had already gone. There was no mix.” During his July 24 speech, the President [bragged about his election victory,](http://time.com/4871947/donald-trump-boy-scout-jamboree/) slamming his former opponent Hillary Clinton as well his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, and repeatedly decrying the media for what he deemed unfair coverage. The interview with the _Journal_ took place July 25, but the paper only [released excerpts](https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/07/25/donald-trumps-interview-with-the-wall-street-journal-edited-transcript/) rather than a full transcript. Politico obtained and released the transcript on Tuesday. ## Transcript Secretary Tom Price is also here. Today Dr. Price still lives [ UNKNOWN ] helping to keep millions of Americans strong and healthy as our Secretary of Health and Human Services and he's doing a great job. And hopefully, he's going to get the votes tomorrow to start our path Toward killing this horrible thing known as Obama Care that's really hurting us. [ APPLAUSE ] By the way, you're gonna get the votes? They better get them, they better get them. I bet, otherwise I'll say Tom, you're fired. I'll get somebody. [ APPLAUSE ] [ SOUND ] The scouts believe in putting America first. [ APPLAUSE ] You know I go to Washington and I see all these politicians, and I see the swamp And it's not a good place. In fact today I said we ought to change it from the word swamp to the word cess pool or perhaps to the word sewer, but it's not good. Boys scout values are American values, and great boys scouts become great, great, Americans. As the Scout Law says, a scout is trustworthy, loyal. 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