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President Trump fired back at LaVar Ball, father of one of the three UCLA basketball players arrested in China, after Ball suggested Trump was overstating his involvement.

Go deeper: How LaVar Ball has used Trump's playbook, and Trump's deals that brought Americans home.

Trump: I should have left the UCLA players in jail

In response to criticism from LaVar Ball. 

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<p>President Trump fired back at LaVar Ball, father of one of the three UCLA basketball players arrested in China, after Ball suggested Trump was overstating <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="his involvement" data-vars-click-url="http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/18/politics/lavar-ball-donald-trump/index.html" data-vars-content-id="3467070f-6a88-41cf-bbed-9ac4c3e59e10" data-vars-headline="Trump: I should have left the UCLA players in jail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/18/politics/lavar-ball-donald-trump/index.html" target="_blank">his involvement</a>.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-vars-category="rich" data-vars-sub-category="undefined-embed" data-vars-content-id="3467070f-6a88-41cf-bbed-9ac4c3e59e10"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/932303108146892801"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><em><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="How LaVar Ball has used Trump&#x27;s playbook" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/lavar-ball-used-trumps-playbook-to-conquer-sports-media-1513303954-0f0364bd-b530-4156-b67e-0f7d661c3272.html" data-vars-content-id="3467070f-6a88-41cf-bbed-9ac4c3e59e10" data-vars-headline="Trump: I should have left the UCLA players in jail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/lavar-ball-used-trumps-playbook-to-conquer-sports-media-1513303954-0f0364bd-b530-4156-b67e-0f7d661c3272.html" target="_self">How LaVar Ball has used Trump&#x27;s playbook</a></em>, and <em><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Trump&#x27;s deals that brought Americans home" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/trumps-deals-that-brought-americans-home-1513306912-f236bae7-b805-411a-ad35-f83d5cb45a5e.html" data-vars-content-id="3467070f-6a88-41cf-bbed-9ac4c3e59e10" data-vars-headline="Trump: I should have left the UCLA players in jail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/trumps-deals-that-brought-americans-home-1513306912-f236bae7-b805-411a-ad35-f83d5cb45a5e.html" target="_self">Trump&#x27;s deals that brought Americans home</a></em>.</p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

Trump: I should have left the UCLA players in jail

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