- The three UCLA basketball players who were arrested in China and charged with shoplifting returned stateside after President Trump met with Xi Jinping to ask for help in the case.
- LaVar Ball, father of LiAngelo Ball, downplayed Trump's involvement with his son's release while speaking with ESPN.
- On Sunday morning, Trump sent out a tweet suggesting Ball was ungrateful for his help and that he "should have left [the players] in jail!"
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White House: Trump wasn't being literal when he tweeted he should've left UCLA players 'in jail'
Sarah Huckabee Sanders clarified after the
The White House has clarified President's Trump tweet from Sunday morning, in which he said of the three UCLA Bruins who had been arrested in China, "I should have left them in jail!"
At the White House daily briefing on Monday, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders clarified that the president did not regret intervening in the case when asked about the tweet, and that he was happy to see their release.
"The president was certainly very glad and thankful to see the release of the three UCLA athletes by the Chinese government," Sanders said.
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Sanders was then asked if the president really believed he should have left the players in jail, to which Sanders said, "No, I think if that was the case he wouldn't have taken the action that he did, and acted in order to help get those individuals released and brought back to the country."
When asked why President Trump tweeted, "
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