If you’ve only paid a passing attention to white supremacist in chief Donald Trump’s Twitter outbursts of late you may have missed the sideshow where he said he should have left young Americans in prison in China because their families were not sufficiently stroking his ego.

x Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail! Ã¢ÂÂ Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2017

LiAngelo is a college basketball player that was arrested in China over an alleged shoplifting issue. China released LiAngelo Ball and another player involved because it would have been a stupid thing not to do. Of course, Trump wants recognition for anything he may even be tangentially connected to, and LiAngelo’s father LaVar Ball was public in his distaste for Trump—something that did not change just because Trump didn’t completely fuck up the release of a high profile shoplifter to a country that we have serious ongoing trade negotiations with. Trump added this:

x Shoplifting is a very big deal in China, as it should be (5-10 years in jail), but not to father LaVar. Should have gotten his son out during my next trip to China instead. China told them why they were released. Very ungrateful! Ã¢ÂÂ Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2017

And then a few hours ago he added this deep thought: