Donald Trump's notable silence on the NBA-China showdown | Analysis by CillizzaCNN
"LeBron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon," Trump tweeted in August 2018."He made LeBron look smart, which isn't easy to do. I like Mike!"In November 2017, Trump tweeted this:"Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal.
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