CBS’ Stephen Colbert said, “If you think you had a bad day, at least it wasn't as bad as the Weather Channel's cameraman who was assigned to cover the demolition of the Georgia Dome. I gotta tell ya, this is going to ruin the Weather Channel's reputation as the place to watch buildings explode.” Colbert: “While he was in China, Trump asked China's president Xi Jinping to release three UCLA players who had been arrested for shoplifting. ... Trump couldn't resist tweeting, ‘Do you think the three UCLA basketball players will say thank you President Trump?’ ... The players did thank the president, but on Friday, one of their fathers, LaVar Ball, shot back at Trump. Ball has made a career out of baiting people to get publicity for his company, Big Baller Brand -- which is a basketball lifestyle brand and not, as I thought, a company that makes pants for men with husky testicles. When ESPN asked him about Trump's involvement in getting his son released, Ball replied, ‘Who?’ Ouch! Pretending not to know him is the meanest thing you can do to Donald Trump. Knowing who he is, is his whole thing. That's why he puts his name on all of his buildings and one of his kids. Say what you will about Donald Trump -- and I do -- but he is the president and far above responding to a publicity-hungry troll. I'm just kidding. President what's-his-name took the bait, tweeting, ‘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!’ Mr. Trump, maybe now's not the best time to be implying that someone's kid should go to jail for what their dad did” (“The Late Show,” CBS, 11/20).
