Seth Meyers ruthlessly mocked President Donald Trump on Monday night for feuding with LaVar Ball, the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players arrested in China on shoplifting charges.
Trump, who happened to be on a 12-day tour of Asia when the players were seized, intervened on their behalf with the Chinese president. He then criticized the players for not publicly thanking him immediately after they arrived home. They later held a press conference and thanked Trump. Days later, Trump attacked Ball, who downplayed the presidentβs direct involvement in the release, and said he should have left Ballβs son and teammates jailed in China.
βHelping to keep American citizens out of communist prisons is part of your job,β Meyers said. βThatβs not above and beyond. Thatβs eye-level and right next to you.β
The βLate Nightβ host referred to Trump as a βthug and wanna-be dictator,β and joked that the presidentβs feud with the outspoken Ball is the one weβve been waiting for.
βThis isnβt Marco Rubio trying to win at Donald Trumpβs game,β Meyers said. βDonald Trumpβs game is LaVar Ballβs game.β
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