Posted on 11/19/2017 3:11:07 PM PST by Morgana
President Trump complained Sunday that the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players who were arrested in China for shoplifting had played down his role in winning their release, and that he therefore should not have interceded with China’s president.
“I should have left them in jail!” the president tweeted.
Trump’s tweet drew a quick backlash on social media. Many expressed incredulity that a sitting U.S. president would publicly regret having come to the aid of American citizens being held by an authoritarian government.
Among Trump’s sharper critics was Rep. Adam Schiff, (D-Burbank) who tweeted back, “How can someone in such a big office be so small?
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He obviously meant that toward Lavar Ball...Not at the players themselves...
Now China has chips to call in for sending these three losers back to the US. I agree with Trump. They’re not worth the chips.
If the player’s daddy is going to publicly be an ingrate then why wouldn’t Trump regret helping his thief son?
184K likes on the tweet is not backlash.
Especially when the dad acts like shoplifting is no big deal.
I guess authoritarian governments are ones that arrest CROOKS.
I also guess that this father does not understand the meaning of that word.
His kid is a slimeball that embarassed our country.
The perp belongs in N Korea.
Let’s ask him to try “Black lives matter” in China.
Buttwipe.
LaVar is operating two new retail outlets in China at the pleasure of the Chinese government.
LaVar may be in for a rude awakening.
How did actors, singers, football players and other sports players get to believe they are above everyone else. They should have languished in jail. They are an embarrassment to America. And so’s his old man.
I think you may be right.
LaVar kiss your Balls goodbye.
“I should have left them in jail!” the president tweeted.
The dad’s reaction is why the son is a hoodlum
China should have sent them to the NORKS for holding while deciding what to do.
I agree. He should have left the feral criminals rot.
Seriously!? Then he has no excuse for not understanding that the crime and the intervention are a much bigger deal than just lifting some goods in a U.S. shopping mall. He's a bigger ingrate than I thought.
IGNORANT INGRATES!! Low Class GIMMEDATS!!
Nice try....the kids are Products of their “upbringing”.
The apple falls close to the tree.
Yup, you should have, President Trump. Please grow up a little and understand there are people out there who hate you even if you save them from 10 years in a Chinese prison (survival rate: about 3%).
BTW FU Schiff.
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