Calls LaVar Ball an “ungrateful fool” over UCLA shoplifting case

After LaVar Ball said Trump overstated his role in securing the release of UCLA players detained for shoplifting in China, Trump tweeted that Ball was "an ungrateful fool" and "a poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair," insisting “IT WAS ME” who secured their freedom and implying Ball’s son should have faced “5 to 10 years” in prison.

“It wasn't the White House, it wasn't the State Department, it wasn't father LaVar's so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence - IT WAS ME.” — Twitter, November 22, 2017 Quote verified against source