Donald Trump wants UCLA basketball players to know what a hero he is
UCLA basketball players Cody Riley, center, and LiAngelo Ball, background right, are followed by the..
Donald Trump wants the three UCLA basketball players he liberated from China to know what a hero he is.
The president said he sought help from Chinese president Xi Jinping in freeing LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill after they were accused of shoplifting.
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Trump tweeted: ‘Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump? They were headed for ten years in jail!’
The players landed in Los Angeles on Tuesday after missing their return flight home last week.
‘What they did was unfortunate,’ Trump had previously told reporters.
Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump? They were headed for 10 years in jail!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2017
He praised Xi’s response as ‘terrific’ after he asked for their release during his Asia visit.
The University of California basketball players had gone out to Hangzhou to play one of their games.
They refused to talk to reporters after they’d landed.
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University chancellor Gene Block said: ‘I would like to express my gratitude to all who helped us get to this point. I also want to acknowledge everyone who wrote or called to express their thoughts and concerns. We have heard and appreciate everyone’s views.
‘I want to be clear that we take seriously any violations of the law. We remain one of the world’s top academic institutions in large part because of our values and standards, which we work hard to infuse throughout our campus community.’
