As we’ve already shown you today, Trump wasn’t happy that the father of one of the basketball players downplayed Trump’s effort to bring his son home after shoplifting in China.
As a reminder, he was his tweet:
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2017
Well Twitter has had their say about Trump’s tweet and it was ugly. Here’s a nicer sampling of those tweets:
Were you dropped on your head as a child https://t.co/zhlGFKEzzo
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 19, 2017
I truly cannot believe I'm reading an American President say he should have left Americans imprisoned in a foreign jail because he wasn’t thanked. https://t.co/CqXPpF6JzA
— Josh Perry (@MrJoshPerry) November 19, 2017
I like basketball players who weren't captured.
— Brandt (@UrbanAchievr) November 15, 2017
Trump always punches back. Always. Like if a baby pinched him, he would punch the baby. https://t.co/00Spiu8Cye
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) November 19, 2017
Literally hundreds of State, DOD, and other federal employees stationed abroad have countless stories of quietly assisting Americans in trouble abroad. Not for glory or credit, but just because they were compatriots and it was right. https://t.co/UTS6470KD8
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) November 19, 2017
That Navy pilot was making a portrait in your honor. https://t.co/s75Fsb1O9u
— Nels (@debitking) November 19, 2017
The President of the United States says he would leave you in a foreign jail if he's mad at your dad. https://t.co/hCZmJ9nCeA
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 19, 2017
Could you maybe show some grace in the face of these kinds of situations? I get it, but damn dude. You’re the leader of the free world. https://t.co/VKjRLaLbrZ
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) November 19, 2017
All three players thanked him publicly the day they got back to the US, but he says he should have left them rotting in a communist hell hole because the dad of one of the three is not grateful enough.
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) November 19, 2017
There is so much wrong with this man. https://t.co/t3qgKSDXx2
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