The three disgraced UCLA rookie basketball players returned to the U.S. after they were arrested for shoplifting a pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses in China.
Lonzo Ball’s brother, LiAngelo Ball, 18, Cody Riley, 19, and Jalen Hill, 17, hung their heads in shame as they returned home to Los Angeles after spending nearly two weeks on house arrest at their luxury hotel in Hangzhou, China.
The players landed at LAX airport after a 12 hour flight from Shanghai late Tuesday.
President Trump, who arrived in China a day after the arrests, spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the players’ behalf. President Xi arranged for the shoplifting charges to be dropped, and the players were transported to the airport on Monday.
It should be noted that President Trump’s visit to China was scheduled months before the UCLA team flew to Shanghai to take on Georgia Tech in the season opener.
Trump tweeted about his efforts on Wednesday.
“Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump?They were headed for 10 years in jail!”
Others noted that the players would still be languishing in a China prison, subsisting on bread and water, if Trump had not used his influence to free them.
The Obama administration stranded 22-year-old Virginia student Otto Warmbier in a Pyongyang prison for over a year. He died a few days after the Trump administration secured his release in June.
They need to be removed from the team…
I need to buy this man’s book. I can learn a lot from him.
Yep Obama would of left they ass over there lol
agreed. scholarships need to be revoked too. i’m certain that there are more deserving students in need of that money.
It should be noted that President Trump’s visit to China was scheduled months before the UCLA team flew to Shanghai to take on Georgia Tech in the season opener.
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It should also be noted that sports skeds, esp those of a basketball powerhouse like UCLA are planned sometimes YEARS in advance. They didnt just decide to play in China just bc they were available.
“Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump?They were headed for 10 years in jail!”
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Fukk yew sir. THEY cant comment on shit without permission from the school and now from their lawyers. Direct your rant to the right folks. The AD at UCLA and their attorney.
Well the other 2 guys better be thankful that Mr Ball was one of the ones with them because if he was not there is no way we would have heard about this at all nor would they have been freed. I kinda think this was a stunt to make Trump look good because it was kinda convenient how it all worked out and if they were really guilty of this crime its no way they would have be let off so easy. Guess Trump figured he would get higher approve rating for this one but hummmmm
Dump just mad because when they got off the plane they didn’t have on one of his ugly azz red hats as free advertisement to the world.
Misleading title….Obama admin made attempts to get Otto back…lets be clear…there is no diplomatic ties between NK and US like their are ties between US and China
Misleading title….Obama admin made attempts to get Otto back…lets be clear…there is no diplomatic ties between NK and US like their are ties between US and China
Ooch…. don’t behead me yall, but President Orange does have a point! The least they can say is thank you.
Ooch…. don’t behead me yall, but President Orange does have a point! The least they can say is thank you.
They should have at least got flogged, provided that they are guilty.
Oh, he’s gonna make sure we never hear the end of this . Forget the fact that he tweeted about the wrong mass shooting…smh
Again people are believing his lies. This man did nothing.
I dont think they legally can say anything.
You ain’t neva lied. I guess dad gotta have a news conference and say how great Ole Mighty Dump is and get him a Xmas gift as well. Didn’t he say that mass shootings wouldn’t happen on my watch. When he doesn’t say terrorist I know the shooter was a white man. He was getting a rush on the pomp and circumstances in China and he wants the same thing at home everyday.
Why not. All of the charges were dropped.
With their dumb as**s. Anyhoo, Trump must be friends with someone at the head of Ucla. He dont give a damn bout those negro boys.
Unless they were white gays/trans.
the Chinese can still bring some charges. Nobody thinks they will bc now the whole world is literally watching per something I read in I wanna say WashPost or NYT. This is now a matter of the school. And athletes most times cannot comment on items like these without permission from the school. they are considered rep. of the school.
trump is such an attention seeking b!tch. He doesn’t have to tweet everything that crosses his 3 year old mind.
The “Art of the Deal.” He is a master of negotiation. Hates to lose at anything.
He said he always goes into a deal asking for three times more than whatever it is he actually wants, then allows the other side to negotiate down to what he really wanted in the first place. That usually gets him MORE than what he wanted. I use that technique now in my own company.
I completely agree.
Bill Clinton negotiated 2 hostages being released from an Asian country when he wasnt the President anymore.
Because that’s the reason why you do nice things. To be thanked for it. ? Trump is such a douche..
You”re right, so he should have let them rot in their since all he asked for these privileged brats to have some manners.
Trump did nothing….stop it with that mess…..and I STILL hate Trump, this changes nothing. And as a matter of fact, they should have locked this privileged stupid azz dumbos up in China prison so they can see what it is like over there and to not do dumb shyt like that. I dont feel sorry for none of them…stealing is stealing and to do it in another country!!! SMH.
Awww he had a birthday?
If the president had done nothing and a month from now the boys were tried and received 5 or 10 year sentences, black people would be saying the same things they are saying about Meek— that the sentences were too long, that they only got those sentences because they are black, that the whole planet is “racist” against black men. “Free the UCLA 3” signs would be top sellers for a hot minute.
So, the president steps in and gets the little thieves released AND without a formal deportation record (as China normally imposes). So what do people say —“He didn’t do nothin’, he hate black “pepo”, he a racist agent Orange.” No pleasing people who wallow in anger 24/7.
And yes, it was graceless of him to mention a thank you, but equally graceless of the PARENTS not to have ALREADY thanked the president for his efforts at freeing their criminal spawn. No matter how you feel about him, your spoiled brat criminal kids are back home because of him. Pretend you have some manners.
Getting some theives off ain’t nothing to be praised about …
These young men went to a foreign country where black people pretty much don’t exist except for Hollywood depictions, and they pretty much acted out every racist stereotype that is exported about black men. They disgraced their country, their school, and the black community. I hope they DO hold a press conference and publicly apologize for the position they put so many people in having to try to save their azzes from a Chinese dungeon somewhere.
LMAO
A bunch of idiots who think because they’re in a foreign land they can get away with stuff like that. Liangelo is the biggest dummy of them all, his father has money and his brother is in the NBA. Grow tf up.
???? They were already going to be released before Trump said something anyway. Please stop.
He’s the President. How would they thank him? By calling him? I think he’s pissed because he’s not being praised for his good deed. Which shouldn’t be the reason that he did the good deed but I guess..
Of course his delusional fans want give him praise for this when the Chinese already said they would release them. Give me a break but they believe every lie that comes out those thin lips of his.
If they had any degree of decency,they would send a massive “THANK YOU” to President Trump for negotiating their thieving butts out of a China prison.Like he stated,they could have done 10 years of hard time. None of the people are are SUPPOSED to care about Black people, lifted a finger for those idiots.
They need to be expelled from school at the very least…They embarrassed Black Americans first & foremost by stealing and could have been in prison for 10 years.
Exactly.
All yesterday those Trump trolls were talking about how black people should be thankful that Trump brought them home, blah,blah,blah!!!
I told one of them that not all black folks thought they should have been freed.
NS: If the president had done nothing and a month from now the boys were tried and received 5 or 10 year sentences, black people would be saying the same things they are saying about Meek— that the sentences were too long
Ba wa wa!!!
You’re full of crap!!
Yes.
They committed the crime.
Like those Trump University students who sued Trump and got a $25 million settlement.
And you spoke with the Chinese officials to confirm this?
STEE:With their dumb as**s. Anyhoo, Trump must be friends with someone at the head of Ucla
Exactly.
Trump was protecting someone else’s investment.
Why were they stealing? Ball, as well as the other guys, has brought shame to the family name.
You lie just like Hillary Clinton…….Sad thing are the DUMMIES who will actually belie the LIE you tell, because they can’t deal with the FACT that President Trump helped these thieves,while the Alt-Left paid them dust!
Why shouldn’t he be “Thank”?He didn’t have to do that. Do you not grasp that? He could have paid those thieves dust and let them rot in a China dungeon.
Did you see Sharpton/ Maxine/Jesse Jackson/BLM/Antifa/Obama and all of the rest of that ilk,even speak on this?…IF President Trump wouldn’t have anything as he should have done,you would be whining and crying and calling him racist,for not helping 3 thieves….
You have to wonder, right? I will assume a favor was called in cuz those other countries do not play with stuff like this.
lol.
They didn’t want the bad press of locking up 3 black Americans for petty theft. Luckily for them one of the boys was a Ball, if not the press wouldn’t have cared.
You could always go research for yourself but instead you want to be a typical trumpanzee and wallow in your own ignorance. Why anytime someone disputes the lies he tells you fools have to mention Hillary? Get a new shtick please. ?
No, the Chinese officials spoke with the media and confirmed this. Perhaps read real news and not Trump tweets or Breitbart and you’d know this.
Why should blacks thank Trump for getting them out of trouble?
I for one would have preferred that they had stayed and dealt with the consequences of their actions but you always find a way to bash blacks and praise Trump.
I can’t believe it,but they actually apologized. I just saw the apology at a press conference on twitter!
It’s called being decent. Too many people in this country have no decency.
You outright lied though,so miss me with your nonsense demonbot….The lies you tell fly on the left side of things,but I’m an Independent that don’t go for that nonsense.
You don’t dictate my flow fool,move on…I compared you to Hillary because that’s who you support,now dispute that truth.
Nuff said!
You sound unhinged. I didn’t lie about anything. Go away clown.
Bingo. He knew they were being released but called anyway so when they did get out he could get the praise. Typical narcissist.
Even if that is/was the case, the fact is he spoke on their behalf
These kids are an embarrassment…They embarrassed their family, their university, their community and this country.
Ummm I’m probably the only one that feels this way. But I say those negroes should have been left in China to face the consequences of their actions. No one can convince me that (1) they thought they could actually steal and get away with it; (2) that these high-end stores didn’t have security cameras; and (3) that Dump will ever let black people live it down. He will have diarrhea of his mouth and his twitter fingers forever reminding everyone that he helped thieving black people and trying to convince everyone that everything people ever thought about black people not being shit is right. A crime is a crime no matter what part of the world you commit it in. And they should face the penalties (including jail). Negroes bout to get my pressure up with that stupid shit.
Who cares. After all that he’s still a multi millionaire. Still haven found something productive to so, I see. ?
Meek Mills being back in jail is exactly where he deserves to be. He did thumb his nose at the legal system. Oh well. Maybe his stupid ass will think not twice but at least 20 times before he thinks about thumbing his nose while on probation and violating his probation. Oh and the people who signed a petition to try to have him freed do something better with your time. He is a GAM (grown ass man). He knew exactly what he was doing.
How is Dump gonna say someone don’t have any manners when he jumped out of the car and left his wife at the curb on inauguration day like she was waiting on a UBER driver or something. What is he looking for a plane banner flyover like Tyrese did.
These players should be REMOVED from the team. This is just UNACCEPTABLE behavior. As a kid, I was taught DON’T TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE THINGS AND YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU WANT. Its that simple. They are disgrace and the stereotype https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/29e0b82b5d7b062b2a1c01020c29d961be6d103e3f57fbcfa432cb92a0d57878.gif of AA males live on (they steal). Dumb mfs.
I agree with you….a crime is a crime. They should have to face the consequences..However I said this about Otto Warmbier. I felt that President Obama, did not need to intervene. i did however feel horrible when Otto Warmbier returned to America on his death bed.
Trump had nothing to do with this. Do you really thing the Chin president would let these 3 brainless boys serve 10 years of hard time. get real.
Update: They apologized and thanked the Prez.
I agree with you!
Can someone tell me specifically what was stolen… was it a pair of glasses each?
It seems like every account that I have read is vague.
Just wanting to better understand.
Then I read that they looked at video tapes to determine who actually stole the merchandise.
Now is the Prez gonna apologize to us for embarrassing us in front of the world.
LOLLOLLOL!!!!!!
LOLLOLLOL!!!!!!
GOT AN ANSWER:
As TMZ Sports reported, the guys stole from MULTIPLE STORES — not just Louis Vuitton — and LiAngelo Ball acknowledged that in his apology.
“I’m sorry for stealing from the stores in China.”
All three men said they were extremely sorry for shoplifting — didn’t dispute the allegations one bit — and promised they will redeem themselves moving forward.
President Trump had a lot to do with these idiots being released….Besides being suspended, they should have community service, hell our fwys are
full of trash……..
President Trump had a lot to do with these idiots being released….Besides being suspended, they should have community service, hell our fwys are
full of trash……..
They took items from more than one store, I don’t give damn what was
stolen, it wasn’t theirs to take.
They took items from more than one store, I don’t give damn what was
stolen, it wasn’t theirs to take.
@…hotlanta, stop posting ignorance! ..@ Klo, Trump had a lot to do with
their release, some of you on here are ignorant, I’ll bet your black butts
don’t know what you hate President Trump, and you probably think Obama gave a damn about YOU, he didn’t.
@…hotlanta, stop posting ignorance! ..@ Klo, Trump had a lot to do with
their release, some of you on here are ignorant, I’ll bet your black butts
don’t know what you hate President Trump, and you probably think Obama gave a damn about YOU, he didn’t.
These guys must be totally embarrassed. The fact that they are known in at least two countries as petty thieves is punishment in and of itself…
Glad they are embarrassed and shamed AND suspended! That was a STUPID move! …stealing..smh
I read that UCLA is the #1 school that chine students apply to attend. Most of them pay double the price to go there. UCLA is well connected educational with China.There are a lot of variables in their release…Jack Ma played a HEAVY role in their release as well. They should be thankful that they are UCLA basketball players in this incident ….another school and/or program probably wouldn’t have gotten the same treatment. All three are probably BANNED from China for life.
Trump may have had a play in their release but he is so THIRSTY for acknowledgement and Thank you it just takes away from any good deed he may have done.
You know what this is: Chump’s attempt at absolving himself of the Central Park 5 debacle. He figures ‘we’re even’ now. These boys were possibly facing severe sentences and the Central Park 5 served long sentences. The difference is the Central Park 5 were found to be innocent of the charges and these boys apparently are guilty of what they were accused of. Another thing it will do is buttress the assertion that a lot of racists like Chump have that the Central Park 5 are guilty even though DNA proved otherwise. It’s a PR stunt. Maybe even planned b/c WHY would these kids steal when they all probably can buy some damn designer glasses AND since it’s China, they were probably knock offs anyway.
I don’t believe in coincidences. They just happen to be over there when Chump is in China? In his warped mind, I would bet this incident wipes clean his stance on the Central Park 5? He figures now black people can’t say squat about that anymore.
??????I agree with your assessment!
Have no opinion about Trump being there at the same time, but nobody forced these young men to steal. No excuses.
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He forgot about his brothers, and setting an example. Well at least now they’ll now that in this world you just can’t go around shoplifting. Damn what’s up with their eyebrows…
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