President Donald Trump returned to the U.S. from his Asia trip on Tuesday, told reporters he asked China’s president to help resolve the shoplifting case of three UCLA basketball players, and boasted about a poll on his approval rating.

BACK IN THE U.S.

Trump landed in Hawaii on Tuesday morning and was heading back to Washington after an Asia trip that took him to countries including Japan, China and Vietnam. Aboard Air Force One en route to Honolulu, Trump told reporters he was “very proud” of the trip and that “we actually sold $300 billion worth of equipment and other things.”

He added: “I think that number is going to be quadrupled very quickly. So that’s over a trillion dollars’ worth of stuff.” Trump has said he’ll make a trade announcement upon his return to the White House.

See:Trump teases Wednesday trade announcement.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as they depart Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Reuters

BASKETBALL DIPLOMACY

Trump said he’d had a “great” conversation with President Xi Jinping of China regarding the case of the three basketball players who were arrested in Hangzhou for shoplifting.

“Hopefully everything is going to work out,” Trump said. Just hours after Trump said he asked Xi for help, the three men — LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley — were seen at Shanghai’s international airport checking into a Delta DAL, -3.29% flight bound for Los Angeles.

Read: UCLA basketball players headed home after shoplifting detention in China.

BOAST ABOUT POLL

On Twitter, Trump highlighted a poll from conservative-leaning Rasmussen Reports that put his approval rating at 46%, which is higher than other surveys. The latest average of polls on Trump’s approval rating is 38.1%, according to RealClearPolitics. Trump said in his tweet, “some people think numbers could be in the 50s.”