Article snippet: President Donald Trump's social media director responded to comments by LaVar Ball which downplayed the president's role in getting his son and two other UCLA basketball players released after they were detained in China for questioning following shoplifting allegations. Trump's social media director, Dan Scavino, tweeted Saturday that Lavar Ball "knows if it weren't comments to ESPN that downplayed his son's shoplifting incident in China and Trump's involvement in getting his son and two other UCLA players back to the United States earlier this week. "Who?" Ball told ESPN, when asked about Trump's involvement in the matter. "What was he over there for? Don't tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out." UCLA freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, who had been detained in China, landed in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening and addressed the media on Wednesday before being indefinitely suspended by the team. LiAngelo Ball said at that time that he "didn't exercise my best judgment," adding, "I've learned my lesson." The freshman player also thanked Trump and the U.S. government for helping and said he takes "full responsibility" for his actions. Trump, who returned late Tuesday from a trip through Asia, said he had raised the issue of the three players with President Xi Jinping of China during a visit to Beijing last week. The players had been questioned last week about allegedly stealing from three high-end sto... Link to the full article to read more