Trump Fumes over UCLA Basketball Players

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(1) It is 3 pm, EDT, Sunday, Nov 19, 2017. two hours ago (according to Twitter), Mr Donald J Trump tweeted, "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!"
(2) He was responding to:

Arash Markazi, LaVar Ball Downplays Donald Trump's Role in UCLA Freshmen's Release. ESPN, Nov 18, 2017.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college ... -ball-release-china

Note: The English surname Ball meant "a short, fat person, from * * * Old English ball." Dictionary of American Family Names, by Oxford University Press.