"I have a problem for you that I can fix - and you'll look good!"

Maybe politics was not involved at all and they got off with a warning and to leave the country. Only there on limited visa. Not unusual for minor offences by youth, everywhere.

The attempt to equate this with, say, folks held for suspicion of spying is outrageous.

"Of course, my persuasive friend, I wouldn't think of letting some thoughtless American youth disrupt our productive relationship. They're small potatoes, not big-league, as you say. America for the Americans, China for the Chinese, right? By the way, maybe your intel people have been giving you bad information about the South China Sea, so maybe we can clear things up? Beautiful sea, something that could be seen from, say, Trump Tower Macao?"

could be part of this. Two of the three players could not be involved at all...too much unknown, and maybe we'll find out more this morning during a press conference.

Kids potentially made a stupid mistake...maybe more than stupid....but adults including potus have certainly taken the opportunity to make it bigger and more visible than warranted given lack of info, IMO.

We will soon know more...and this is when the character of the kids, school, and families will be on stage. Tough.

a pair of sunglasses (maybe) or that our president uses the opportunity to grandstand and swing attention to himself even for the tiniest of efforts, once again demonstrating what a small man he is?

This is him reaching out to the African American community to let them know what a great job he's doing for their "peeps"...ya' know they are all basketball players, don't ya'?

This tweet has Amarosa's hands all over it.

An African American shoplifting a pair of sunglasses in America is a "Capital Offense"

What a fucking embarrassment this man is. It's going to take decades to get the stench off of our country that is left by this greasy orange turd...

Decades? Hell it might be NEVER!