Trump probably had a little to do with it, but it true Trump fashion he has taken most of the credit.
Here is the statement he made as he was leaving China.
“President Xi has been terrific on that subject … But that was not a good subject. That was not something that should have happened.”
When asked specifically for his thoughts on the shoplifting allegations, Trump said, “What they did was unfortunate.”
“You know, you’re talking about very long prison sentences. They [Chinese officials] do not play games.”
That isn’t an inaccurate point about the long prison sentence, but we are getting word that Trump played a minor in freeing the UCLA players.
Flip the page for the official statement from UCLA explaining how it all went down…