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LaVar Ball Refuses To Thank President Trump For Helping His Son In China During CNN Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0uvmD8CSxs
It has been a war of egos between President Donald Trump and LaVar Ball, and based on this CNN interview, the exchange may be far from over.
LaVar Ball sat down with CNN's Chris Cuomo to discuss the critical tweets from President Donald Trump in the wake of Ball's son, LiAngelo, being arrested for shoplifting in China.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/930815626460921856
Ball believes Trump inserted himself into the situation and should have "better things to worry about," questioning the president's role in the overall situation surrounding his son and other UCLA basketball teammates being arrested in China (Nov. 7) for shoplifting.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/932303108146892801
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/932392209445457920
Ball continuously declined to offer thanks to the president and says he doesn't "have to go around saying thank you to everybody." He did suggest that a plane ride from Trump on Air Force One may have changed his mind.
This entire interview is a mess, but if there is one shred of credible fact checking, it may come from a report from ESPN's Arash Markazi. Jeff Eisenberg tweeted about a part of that story that actually supported Ball's point.
https://twitter.com/JeffEisenberg/status/932808199547207681
Will this war of (tweeted) words continue? Unfortunately, it looks like there is no end in sight.
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