'IT WAS ME!': Trump blasts father LaVar Ball as 'ungrateful fool' and demands credit for player's freedom

President Donald Trump again demanded credit in an early morning Twitterstorm for freeing three UCLA basketball players from Chinese jail for shoplifting sunglasses.

"It wasn’t the White House, it wasn’t the State Department, it wasn’t father LaVar’s so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence - IT WAS ME," Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. "Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think. LaVar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar, shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It’s a really big deal, especially in China. Ungrateful fool!"

YourVoice America co-host Joey Mannarino replied to the president with several tweets, appearing to agree with him. However, Trump seemed to be in attack mode, and chose to retweet with snide commentary. "Another Crooked Hillary Fan!" The tweet was then deleted, presumably once he realized Mannarino agreed with him.

The president has spent several days focusing on the issue of credit surrounding the players' freedom. He first publicly demanded that he be thanked. After he was thanked, he continued to demand full credit.

Trump is supposed to be on vacation at Mar-a-Lago for the Thanksgiving holiday.