My future son in law just said Trump

[ALBliberal]

negotiated the release of the UCLA players. I'm not finding anything that supports that conclusion. Ugh he's somewhat right wing no telling where he's getting his information.

[LonePirate]

1. This did happen. It's probably the "big" announcement is going to make tomorrow.

Well, I don't think 45 had anything to do with their release other than China using the players as pawns to make him look good so that he would ignore the new trade deal everybody bordering the Pacific joined except the US.

[Kleveland]

2. Check his ass for smoke traces, or head stuck there. eom

[sarah FAILIN]

3. Were those guys not shoplifting?

Sounds typical that he would go to bat for them if so.


Maybe you could talk to your daughter about what it will be like after 10 years of Thanksgiving and Christmases with a right winger???

[HipChick]

7. I want to hear their side of the story...

Young black males being followed in stores, and China being quite a hostile place for black people..

[sarah FAILIN]

9. Absolutely.

I was going by there was supposed to be video of them shoplifting at 3 different stores according to ESPN. If so.. but I can see Trump trying to make himself look better by getting them off without paying a penalty. If they really were shoplifting I think it's wrong to let them off scott free so he can buy favor.

[Not Ruth]

16. It is ironic that North Korea is safer than China for a black man

[Princess Turandot]

4. They've returned already...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/sport/ucla-basketball-players-leave-china/index.html

All of the articles on it do say that Trump was involved with getting their release.

[itsrobert]

5. What about the thousands being

Held political prisoners?

[Fred Sanders]

6. They were shoplifting. No point causing a commotion over a minor thing. If SHitler attempts

to make this some kind of diplomatic coup even more people are going to laugh at him...it was two kids alledgedly shoplifting. Happens all the time. When does a president get involved..unless it is a pathetic attempt at ego boosting. Yet nary a word about Chinese political prisoners and dictatorship.

What an embarrassment.

[MyOwnPeace]

13. "What an embarrassment"

Which part - the UCLA basketball players being in an international incident -

or having IQ45 doing a diplomatic tour representing the USA?

[Not Ruth]

8. There was no reason for them to be in China or to shoplift, they are college students

Whole thing is suspicious

[Princess Turandot]

10. They're college students-and members of the UCLA basketball team.

They were there with the team, participating in exhibition games against Chinese teams.

[sarah FAILIN]

11. They were there to play a basketball game against Georgia Tech

Sounds like one of those exhibition games..

[JI7]

12. there are many reasons to be in China, but no excuse to shoplift if that's what they did

[Orrex]

14. Was this before or after Trump declared China a currency manipulator on his first day in office?

I'm sure that he did negotiate this, and all it took was 3.5 million American jobs.

[Kirk Lover]

15. I don't think I'd use the term 'negotiate'...he asked and that is all. Big fucking

whoop.