Trump Asks Whether UCLA Basketball Players Will Thank Him For Avoiding Chinese Prison
“The basketball players, by the way — I know a lot of people are asking — I will tell you, when I heard about it two days ago, I had a great conversation with President Xi. What they did was unfortunate. You know, you’re talking about very long prison sentences. They do not play games,” Trump said aboard Air Force One Tuesday. “He was terrific, and they’re working on it right now. And hopefully everything is going to work out. And I know they’re very grateful because they were told exactly what happened.”
When the players landed in Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday night they did not make any comments even when asked if they have a message for President Trump.
[CtH: Best to not hold your breath, Mr. President.]
Jemele Hill Refuses To Give Trump Credit For Freeing Black UCLA Players
ESPN HAS ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE DEEP CUTS IN THEIR PERSONNEL AT THE END OF THE YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY, I DOUBT THIS VILE RACIST WILL SUFFER THE SAME FATE THAT WHITE CONSERVATIVES DO ON THIS GARBAGE NETWORK.
ESPN’s Jemele Hill didn’t give any credit to President Donald Trump for intervening on behalf of three black UCLA basketball players in Chinese custody.
LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill were released Tuesday morning after they’d been arrested for allegedly stealing from a Louis Vuitton store. Trump personally asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to get involved, and less than 24 hours later the players were set free.
Hill didn’t have much to say, which is really surprising because she once claimed Trump was a white supremacist.
Instead of offering any credit at all, she simply responded, “Not really. 1) I’m off today 2) reporting facts isn’t stressful,” to a tweet saying she was in for a stressful day after the players were released.
[CtH: ESPN depends on subscriptions. Liberal pajama people are notoriously repulsed by competitive sports. Do the math.]
Three UCLA players indefinitely suspended after shoplifting incident in China
UCLA coach Steve Alford made the announcement after three players acknowledged during a news conference that they shoplifted during the Nov. 6 incident.
“They will have to earn their way back,’’ Alford said.
“I would like to start off to say sorry for stealing from stores in China,’’ Ball said, reading from a statement. “I didn’t exercise my best judgment, and I’m sorry for that.’’
FROM NOW ON HE’LL STICK TO STEALING FROM L.A. STORES WHERE HE WON’T BE ARRESTED BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS.
Ball and the two other players thanked, among others, President Trump and the U.S. government for helping secure their release. The Chinese government dropped the criminal charge
“These are good young men who have exercised an inexcusable lapse of judgment,’’ Alford said. “Now they have to live with it.’’
Their suspension could range from a game or two to the entire season.
That won’t happen. UCLA is a big school with a national audience. That’s why these kids go there.
The NCAA has a policy called “one and done,” which means they have to waste a year in college, ostensibly to “get an education,” when in reality it’s just a year of being coddled because of their skill at playing a game until they enter the NBA draft where 19 year olds become millionaires overnight. They’ve been scouted by colleges from the 5th grade on. They get passes from all their classes and nearly all of them read at a 5th grade level. As long as they can sign the check it makes little difference.
They thanked Trump because they were told to. Their only regret about the crimes they committed is being caught.
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