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| Trump Calls U.C.L.A. Player’s Father an ‘Ungrateful Fool’ | Trump Calls U.C.L.A. Player’s Father an ‘Ungrateful Fool’ |
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| WASHINGTON — President Trump may be on vacation at his resort in Florida, but he was up early on Wednesday, railing against a college basketball player’s father — “ungrateful fool!” — and the N.F.L. in a series of Twitter posts before 6 a.m. | WASHINGTON — President Trump may be on vacation at his resort in Florida, but he was up early on Wednesday, railing against a college basketball player’s father — “ungrateful fool!” — and the N.F.L. in a series of Twitter posts before 6 a.m. |
| On the day before Thanksgiving, Mr. Trump apparently felt he was not getting enough credit for helping to free three U.C.L.A. basketball players who were detained in China after being accused of shoplifting designer sunglasses. | On the day before Thanksgiving, Mr. Trump apparently felt he was not getting enough credit for helping to free three U.C.L.A. basketball players who were detained in China after being accused of shoplifting designer sunglasses. |
| LaVar Ball is the outspoken father of the U.C.L.A. basketball player LiAngelo Ball, who, along with his teammates Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, was released from Chinese custody after Mr. Trump intervened. Mr. Ball has played down Mr. Trump’s involvement. | LaVar Ball is the outspoken father of the U.C.L.A. basketball player LiAngelo Ball, who, along with his teammates Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, was released from Chinese custody after Mr. Trump intervened. Mr. Ball has played down Mr. Trump’s involvement. |
| Mr. Trump had a burst of seven tweets and retweets on various topics on Wednesday morning. None of his posts mentioned the United States Navy aircraft that crashed outside of Okinawa, Japan, carrying 11 crew and passengers. Eight aboard were rescued and American and Japanese naval forces were searching for the other three. It was the fifth accident this year for the Navy’s largest overseas fleet, the Seventh Fleet. | |
| The White House spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, shared the Navy’s Twitter post from two hours earlier about the rescue operation describing the efforts and noting that the eight rescued were in good condition. | |
| Instead, Mr. Trump returned to a favorite topic on Wednesday: professional football players kneeling in protest during the national anthem. Mr. Trump has excoriated the N.F.L. for allowing players to make the gesture, which he sees as disrespecting the American flag. On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that the league was considering a policy change under which players would stay in the locker room during the playing of the anthem. | |
| “That’s almost as bad as kneeling!” Mr. Trump tweeted. | “That’s almost as bad as kneeling!” Mr. Trump tweeted. |