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For the past few weeks, LaVar Ball has found himself in a beef with the President of the United States of America.
It all started when President Trump fired a shot at the Ball family and demanded a “thank you” from LiAngelo Ball and his two teammates after Trump claims he personally spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping about freeing the players who were in trouble for shoplifting in China.
Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump? They were headed for 10 years in jail!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2017
LiAngelo’s father, LaVar, has since refused to thank Trump.
“I don’t have to go around saying ‘thank you’ to everybody,” “He didn’t call me. I didn’t shake his hand. He didn’t have to say nothin’, but I’m just sayin’. I have to know what somebody is doing before I say ‘thank you.’ I’m not just going to go around saying thank you.”
“Maybe we were doing some talking with some other people before he even got there,” Ball said, before adding that the president should deal with political matters, “there is a lot of other matters going around for the president to deal with that’s political. As far as me, let me deal with my son.”
This led to an angry Trump firing another LaVar Ball for not thanking him.
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. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017
…LaVar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar, shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It’s a really big deal, especially in China. Ungrateful fool!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2017
TMZ spoke to LaVar over the weekend and it seems like he’s ready to send Trump a peace offering.
I’m going to ship Trump some ZO2’s so he can calm down. The Z02’s are coming for you Trump, you’re going to put them on and ease up a little bit. We all going to have some fun.