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DonViejo

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Wed Nov 22, 2017, 12:00 PM Nov 2017

'Trump is a stupid man's version of a President': Internet pelts Trump for poor mans Don King ...

‘Trump is a stupid man’s version of a President’: Internet pelts Trump for ‘poor man’s Don King’ attack on LaVar Ball

SARAH K. BURRIS
22 NOV 2017 AT 06:39 ET

In an early morning Twitter storm Wednesday, President Donald Trump attacked LaVar Ball, the father of a UCLA basketball player arrested in China for shoplifting sunglasses. Ball refused to thank the president in a television appearance with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Monday, though his son did thank Trump.

The president has become consumed with the idea of “credit” for allegedly convincing Chinese President Xi Jinping to free the players from jail. “IT WAS ME!” Trump demanded in all capital letters. He went on to blast Ball as a “poor man’s Don King without the hair.”

The internet erupted into a frenzy of attacks against Trump. You can see the best below:














































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https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/trump-is-a-stupid-mans-version-of-a-president-internet-pelts-trump-for-poor-mans-don-king-attack-on-lavar-ball/
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'Trump is a stupid man's version of a President': Internet pelts Trump for poor mans Don King ... (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
Perfect. dalton99a Nov 2017 #1
Twitter is having fun mocking trump Gothmog Nov 2017 #2
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