Caitlin Yilek, Washington Examiner [Original article contains an illustration and links.]
A former Obama administration official called President Trump “unpresidential in the extreme” for his tweets attacking LaVar Ball, the father of a UCLA basketball player who was detained in China on shoplifting charges.
This tweet perfectly summarizes @potus' unfitness for the job. He does not see himself as representing the citizens of the United States (that's the job desc) but himself as a kind of petulant emperor who needs to be fawned over to do his job. Unpresidential in the extreme.
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“This tweet perfectly summarizes @potus’ unfitness for the job. He does not see himself as representing the citizens of the United States (that's the job desc) but himself as a kind of petulant emperor who needs to be fawned over to do his job. Unpresidential in the extreme,” former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel tweeted Sunday.
Earlier this month, Ball’s son and two other UCLA basketball players were arrested in China during a team trip. Trump helped secure their release during his visit to the country, and the players returned to the U.S. last week.
Ball was hesitant on Saturday to give Trump credit for the players’ release.
“Who?” Ball told ESPN. “What was he over there for? Don’t tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out.”
Trump on Sunday took to Twitter to attack Ball for being “unaccepting” of what he did for his son.
“I should have left them in jail!” Trump wrote.
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