Eventually they were released and Donald Trump wanted to make sure that everybody knew that he was the one that made that happen.
Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump? They were headed for 10 years in jail!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2017
To the three UCLA basketball players I say: You're welcome, go out and give a big Thank You to President Xi Jinping of China who made.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2017
So gracious, don't you think?....your release possible and, HAVE A GREAT LIFE! Be careful, there are many pitfalls on the long and winding road of life!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2017
Anyhow one of the player's dads was interviewed about the incident yesterday, and he clearly is not a Trump fan.
Courtesy of ESPN:
LaVar Ball downplayed his son's shoplifting incident in China, as well as President Donald Trump's involvement in getting LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA basketball players back to the United States earlier this week.
"Who?" LaVar Ball told ESPN on Friday, when asked about Trump's involvement in the matter. "What was he over there for? Don't tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out."
Now that may seem a little ungrateful since Trump DID intervene on the player's behalf with Chinese president Xi Jinping, though the Chinese themselves suggested that the players were going to be released anyhow.
Courtesy of WaPo:
For their part, the Chinese government wasn’t eager to say that Xi had followed through on Trump’s request to intervene.
“I am not aware of the details, but I believe the Chinese police would have handled the case in strict accordance with the law,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a news conference Wednesday, when asked if Xi had intervened.
Whoever is actually responsible for getting the players released is almost beside the point, because the real news is how Trump responded to not being given the credit.
Seriously?Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2017
Now keep in mind that the young man, LiAngelo Ball, already personally thanked Trump during a press conference for helping get him out, but now that his father refuses to do the same, Trump is actually suggesting that should have left the players to rot in a Chinese prison.
Damn! That is the very definition of thin skinned.
Trump does not seem to have any understanding of what is means to be a public servant and to do selfless things for his constituents.
Instead he demands that everybody applaud every simple fucking thing that he does, as if he is a one year old who successfully made his first boom boom in the big toilet.
Personally I think China should have ignored Trump and kept the players in jail. Sick and tired of spoiled athletes and rich people like the Trumps getting away with breaking the law.
ReplyDeleteI very much doubt China wanted the hassle of them and I wouldn't be surprised if they were kept there just so that Trump could grandstand.
DeleteI personally would like to say on behalf of the 3 player's. Fuck you tRUMP, thank you for doing your job. There are you happy??
DeletePsst, College athletes are NOT paid, let alone well payed. Because of the demands on their time for sports, many are only able to get Gen Ed degrees. You ought to lean a little before you spout ignorance.
Delete7:11 yeah right,boy do they have you fooled,
Delete7:11?have you seen SNL weekend update? hey regularly show how Balls's dad is making money for his family off his kid' name via endorsements for the kid.
Delete10 years for shoplifting? Get real!
Delete7:11.... They aren't paid outright...
DeleteBut the star athletes sure do have pretty nice cars, living situations, and 'jobs' that they are never seen at....
Naw, they knew Trump would play cannibal with them. Isn't that right Donny Brook?
DeleteThin skinned?!? That’s the very definition of being a fucking asshole! After all, Trump's the one who should be in jail!
ReplyDeleteLaVar Ball is a loud-mouth jerk. He makes idiotic and outrageous statements all the time in order to promote his sons' careers. I think Trump and Ball's personalities are very much alike.
ReplyDeleteThe kid apologized and that is what's important to me.
Try to ignore the sideshow from Trump and LaVar - they're both dicks.
++++++ this
DeleteAnd, the boys are entitled little pricks. Not a one of them barely passes educationally but are given a free pass and grades because they are ballers.
DeleteSick world we live in, but hey, they're out of jail and back home. They'll make some money playin' ball and waste it all on cars and blow and hookers and cribs and then be on the street in 10 years.
Don't forget to throw a coin in their cup when you see them down on the boulevard in 10 years.
They both may be dicks (although Trump’s is much smaller), but LaVar has much bigger balls.
Delete@5:36 PM Is that what happened to your family members? You flaming bigots know it all.
Deletetrue dat
Delete@5:36 - "Not a one of them barely passes educationally..."
DeleteSo you have access to UCLA transcripts of these 3 basketball players? And you have a crystal ball that you can read a negative future for these kids?
I agree with 6:31, you sound like a big, old racist with those ridiculous assumptions. I won't use the d-word to describe you (after all it is Sunday) but you sure sound like an idiot.
Why don't you give it 10-15 years 6:31, and see the predictions of 5:36 ring true.
DeleteHey 5:36, if you have that info, someone violated FERPA. If you are an insider, you just did.
Delete@7:12 PM Are you stupid or drunk? Check yourself in 10-15 years and you will find that you are still a bigoted imbecile.
Delete5:36 PM Check the entire population of Appalachia in 10-15 years and 1/2 will be dead from opioid overdoses.
DeleteThey might be 9:08, whats your point?
DeleteAgree 4:29 pm Saw Charles Barkley and Shaq making fun of the old man for raising such a brat. But he and Trump truly deserve each other.
DeleteCharles Barkley is a sick too
DeleteYou don't like black people who tell the truth and go 'off script' from the Democratic playbook do you 6:44? why do Democrats still think they own people of color?
DeletePersonally I think that if your son or a relative was arrested in China and facing 10 years in prison, you would have a different opinion.
ReplyDeleteRemember when President Clinton made an unannounced trip to North Korea, leaving the next day accompanied by two Americans sentenced to long imprisonments released into his custody?
ReplyDeleteThat's how the pros operate.
But it's not a bad thing that the Toddler-in-Chief is keeping the comedy industry buoyant.
That is called North Korea playing with American politics, and anyone with a brain knows it Grow the fuck up. Dennis Rodman also hangs with Kim every now and then.
DeleteChina has held Americans who committed crimes there many times(usually smuggling drugs),these much more serious crimes were met with severe punishment, and the perpetrators were usually white.
DeleteNo President was successful in intervention to my knowledge, at least without sombre cow tow to the Chinese. This, however is in the description of a public servant. There should be no expected praise for performing ones duty as expected.
That said, the Chinese had no intention of keeping those boys. They got the headlines they ranged from the incident. They realize anything more would have resulted in them displaying too heave a hand to the world. Someone explain that to the idiot and dotard!!
Of course he doesn't have any concept of being a public servant. That's not what he thinks he is. He's PRESIDENT. That's the American version of dictator. He thinks he can just say it and it will be so. He just loves him those executive orders. I think he just loves the words: executive ORDERS.
ReplyDeleteHis job isn't to make life better for all Americans. It's to siphon as much public tax dollars into his own personal pockets, and if his other über wealthy oligarchs should also benefit, well that's just collateral profit. The entire tax plan is built upon how Trump can personally profit from all of the changes. Sure we lose all of our deductions but not those golf course owners, so important to our security and economy.
No surprise. Trump is a two year old. The idiots love him because they are also two year olds. He's just like them. I've seen it over and over. Millions of petulant two year olds voted for Trump and are proud of it. I doubt this society will survive the rise of the two year olds. I hope they enjoy their mud huts. As food becomes scarcer I expect some of them will loose weight. They are such sloppy overweight ignoramuses you hope they get slimmer before their health insurance goes away because they vote for wealth care for billionaires. Can they control their urge for Twinkies? I doubt it. Trump loves these folks. They believe in pink unicorns and the rapture. Dumbest of the dumb. I'm amazed at how fat their faces and asses become. I've seen these folks (in pictures) at Walmart. They really are a different species. All flab, no brain. Sometimes they accent it with a thong. /s
ReplyDeleteI don't personally believe that the US should have intervened in any manner, but hey, these are sports ball guys and they always get a pass on any crimes they commit, including rape.
ReplyDeleteWhatever, I'd have left them to do their time but America has her priorities all fucked up. These boys needed to learn a lesson.
4:12 here. Exactly my point.
DeleteSo true,did they shoplift because they thought it was fun? Or did they think they could get away with it because they play basket ball.
DeleteI am sick of these players,all of them,being treated like some kind of gods,they contribute nothing to society.
LOL
ReplyDelete"James Comey
@Comey
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5h
“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” Arnold H. Glasow(1905-1998)"
IC/FVEY>Mueller Time
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I dislike Lavar Ball, with that being said
ReplyDeleteI'd never thought it possible that anyone could make LaVar Ball look sane or decent... but then I'd also never imagined that he would come in contact for any reason with the Shitgibbon.
How is it possible to keep going down when you went through the basement years ago...?
Who the fuck is so damn stupid to shoplift in China.
ReplyDeleteSeriously Fucking Stupid.
Trump should have never intervened. Should have left them to learn how stupid they really are in the custody of China. Have no patience or care or need for thieves, here, or China or anywhere.
4:12 here. Exactly the point I was making.
DeleteObviously Putin and Xi have taken the measure of the twatwaffle in our White House and know all they have to do is to pretend to like him and he'll do anything they want.
ReplyDeleteSorry, it just isn't in me to kiss that old fat ass.
He wants the entire family to grovel to the Donald. He probably had little to do with it.
ReplyDeleteExactly!!
DeleteFuck you Trump and the orange you rode in with.
ReplyDelete😃.....Dubinina (Russian) said: “Trump melted at once. He is an emotional person, somewhat impulsive. He needs recognition. And, of course, when he gets it he likes it. My father’s visit worked on him [Trump] like honey to a bee.”.....
ReplyDeleteOT:
ReplyDeleteCharles Manson is dead. Finally.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
It's just a shame my tax dollars had to pay for the free room and board for this waste of oxygen. He should have suffered every day of his miserable life instead of living in virtual luxury, not to mention free healthcare.
Fuck him.
May he rot in hell.
Too bad the law does allow for his body to be dumped in the desert and feasted on by vermin until it's nothing but bones, bleaching in the sun.
The man was mentally ill. Horribly mentally ill. Many others suffered because of his mental illness.
DeleteReminds me of ol' Sarah.
Delete@4:12 PM You must be a George Zimmerman supporter.
ReplyDeletePeople like yourself that coddle criminals and deviants (adults mind you, 'college' educated lol), instead of demanding personal accountability, responsibility, reckoning, and due punishment, are the very reason society is eroding bit by bit.
DeleteWho is the criminal here? Exactly how has Zimmerman been living like a model citizen after he murdered Travon Martin and got away with it in Floridumass?
DeleteCriminals and deviants? It was SHOPLIFTING not MURDER.
DeleteKeep coddling these criminals and 4:05 and 6:47.
DeleteWe have people like you to thank for cities like Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, East St Louis, and on and on.....
More off track. This is entertaining:
ReplyDelete"Sean Hannity just got a rejection letter for the ages.
A producer for his Fox News show invited Gloria Deason, one of the women who have accused U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual harassment, onto the show.
The woman’s lawyer, Paula Cobia, fired back with a blistering response posted on Twitter by IR.net’s Ed Krassenstein.
http://www.businessinsider.com/roy-moore-paula-cobia-response-sean-hannity-show-2017-11
"Ms Moni:
Thank you for the invite. Please tell Sean Hannity that I would never submit a survivor of abuse to the inevitable on-camera bullying or persecution by him. Mr. Hannity chose to believe and support Roy Moore immediately after learning about the numerous accusations against him describing sexual assault, child molestation, and harassment.
Mr. Hannity has belittled, defamed and engaged in an on-air intimidation campaign against the victims of Mr. Moore. He is totally uninterested in discovering the truth. He gave Mr. Moore a lazy, softball interview which his own panel did not find credible. In fact, the panel mocked Mr. Moore over his inconsistencies and lies. It is laughable to assume that Mr. Hannity is capable of conducting a fair and balanced interview. He is not know for journalistic integrity. He is merely seeking an opportunity to publicly attack and further defame Mr. Moore's vulnerable victims. Well that's not happening. Not on my watch.
Respectfully,
Paula Cobia
Attorney for Gloria Deason"
All I can say is wow. And kudos. Women are not going to take this shit any more.
Needs to happen more often.
DeleteNo more Mrs.Nice Gal.
Excellent!
DeleteWe all could use a break from the serious russian investigation, to lighten things up, let’s all take a look at how out of touch Ivanka is with daddy’s supporters and enjoy her idea of a Thanksgiving centerpiece.
ReplyDeleteAn article mentioned one plate costs $120! That is one plate, not a plate setting, sure those out of work coal miners are going to run to the store immediately. Yes, those in the rust belt are rushing out to buy $75 Waterford crystal goblets instead of paying the light bill.
Also notice she is promoting her company, something that she claims she is not involved with while working in the White House. Another day, another trump lie.
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http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-thanksgiving-table-centerpiece-wtf-716052
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5096825/Ivanka-Trump-s-Thanksgiving-clam-mocked-hilarious-memes.html
First off DONT STEAL. Stealing is just as bad as groping. NO excuse. Teach your kids some manners and morals.
ReplyDeleteDrumpf thinks he is an emperor.
ReplyDeleteWe don't do emperoring here.
Really? How so? In detail please explain how he is an emperor with factual claims and definitions.
DeleteYes. Russia is waiting. Haha.
DeleteJudge Terry Moorer>"He is a retired colonel in the Alabama National Guard and the primary architect of the Alabama Code of Military Justice. He is/WAS also Trump’s only African-American judicial nominee."
ReplyDeletehttps://billmoyers.com/story/stacking-the-bench/
" In his NBA debut as a Laker, Lonzo scored just six points on 3-12 shooting. And yet afterward, LaVar told anyone who would listen that Lonzo had had a great game. It was beyond bravado; it was beyond truth-stretching. This was a person who was Trumpian in his detachment from reality and utter lack of humility. Like Trump, Ball’s mouth often becomes the story, as the sports media endlessly fusses over his asinine statements."
ReplyDelete" Trump was implementing a core part of his strategy as president: wherever possible be seen in the position of putting black people in their place, especially in a way that stokes the culture wars. The idea is for Trump to act outraged by something a black person has done, have it be signal-boosted by Fox News and the far-right media, and then Trump can use his bully pulpit to put them in line, thus making him both the victim and the one to clean it up—quickly! " BANNON>
“The Democrats, the longer they talk about identity politics, I got ’em. I want them to talk about racism every day.”
"Bannon’s—and by extension Trump’s—mission, it seems, is to repel white people from the Democrats and move them closer to the GOP, like a modern-day version of Nixon’s “Southern strategy.” See, Trump’s base wants a wall and an end to the “nightmare” that is Obamacare, sure, but they want cultural victories as well. They want to
“Make America Great Again”
When Trump is seen as standing up to unruly blacks, he’s giving them those cultural victories they crave."
"When he spoke to China’s president about this, he did what he’s supposed to do. Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be for him to have failed to help them? But then he pulled out his phone and made it all about himself, demanding the boys thank him for getting them out, that they kiss his ring. It was so classless, so patronizing, so belittling, and so much about him. And it was so insulting. There he was once again talking down to black citizens, outraged at their behavior, and vowing to put them in their place. He tried this with Obama, the Central Park 5, the cast of Hamilton, Colin Kaepernick and the NFL kneelers, Jemele Hill, and so on and so forth. Black people are the neck that Trump stands on to seem taller to white people." He believes the war was foisted upon him by former President Barack Obama and other Democrats—and he is determined to win, current and former aides said,” reported The New York Times in late September."
"hink about it: Trump is a teetotaler who mouths off like a drunk. And you can now add this to the list of the most disgusting, derelict, unpresidential things Trump’s ever said: that he should have left American citizens to rot in a foreign prison because one of the young men’s fathers was insufficiently grateful."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-trump-loves-calling-out-black-people-like-lavar-ball?via=twitter_page