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'I should have left them in jail!': Trump responds to LaVar Ball belittling his role in son's release from China

President Trump appears to feel slighted by the Ball family patriarch in Sunday morning tweet.

  • The three UCLA basketball players who were arrested in China and charged with shoplifting returned stateside after President Trump met with Xi Jingping to ask for help in the case.
  • LaVar Ball, father of LiAngelo Ball, downplayed Trump's involvement with his son's release while speaking with ESPN.
  • On Sunday morning, Trump sent out a tweet suggesting Ball was ungrateful for his help and that he "should have left [the players] in jail!"
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President Trump fired back at LaVar Ball in a tweet on Sunday morning after Ball downplayed the president's involvement in the release of his son LiAngelo.

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