'Poor man's version of Don King': Trump continues his war of words with LaVar Ball
President Donald Trump  began the day before Thanksgiving on Twitter  calling out those who  he  claims have not  in fact  given  him  their proper thanks.
 His  target  again: LaVar Ball  who  Trump  had previously called "very ungrateful" for the president's help in resolving a shoplifting charge in China for  his  son  LiAngelo  and two other University of California at Los Angeles basketball players.
It had been nearly two full days since  Trump  last mentioned the elder Ball by name — and in the intervening hours  Ball had been on CNN  saying that he had nothing to be thankful for when it came to his son and his president.
"You're welcome "  Trump  tweeted at the trio upon their return to the United States  urging Ball  Cody Riley and Jalen Hill to "HAVE A GREAT LIFE!"
 Trump  said last week that  he  had personally intervened in the case with  his  Chinese counterpart  Xi Jinping  asking the Chinese leader to help resolve the case.
"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 "  Trump  said after boarding Air Force One in Manila at the conclusion of a 12-day trip through Asia. "What they did was unfortunate. You know  you're talking about very long prison sentences. [The Chinese] do not play games."
Xi "was terrific  and they're working on it right now "  Trump  added. "And hopefully everything is going to work out. And I know they're very grateful because they were told exactly what happened."
When asked specifically whether Xi was helping to resolve the matter   Trump  said last week: "Yes   he  is. And  he 's been terrific. President Xi has been terrific on that subject.
[TGT]began the day before Thanksgiving on Twitter  calling out those who  [TGT]  claims have not  in fact  given  [TGT]  their proper thanks.
 [TGT]  target  again: LaVar Ball  who  [TGT]had previously called "very ungrateful" for the president's help in resolving a shoplifting charge in China for  his  son  LiAngelo  and two other University of California at Los Angeles basketball players.
It had been nearly two full days since  [TGT]  last mentioned the elder Ball by name — and in the intervening hours  Ball had been on CNN  saying that he had nothing to be thankful for when it came to his son and his president.
"You're welcome "  Trump  tweeted at the trio upon their return to the United States  urging Ball  Cody Riley and Jalen Hill to "HAVE A GREAT LIFE!"
 Trump  said last week that  he  had personally intervened in the case with  his  Chinese counterpart  Xi Jinping  asking the Chinese leader to help resolve the case.
"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 "  Trump  said after boarding Air Force One in Manila at the conclusion of a 12-day trip through Asia. "What they did was unfortunate. You know  you're talking about very long prison sentences. [The Chinese] do not play games."
Xi "was terrific  and they're working on it right now "  Trump  added. "And hopefully everything is going to work out. And I know they're very grateful because they were told exactly what happened."
When asked specifically whether Xi was helping to resolve the matter   Trump  said last week: "Yes   he  is. And  he 's been terrific. President Xi has been terrific on that subject.