washington u.s. president donald trump thursday acknowledge thank receive three ucla basketball players detain china shoplift release raise case chinese counterpart players liangelo ball cody riley jalen hill admit steal items three store team trip china thank trump wednesday intervene chinese president xi jinping republican president wonder whether would express gratitude three ucla basketball players say welcome go give big thank president xi jinping china make release possible great life trump say tweet careful many pitfalls long wind road life players return china tuesday trump tweet think three ucla basketball players say thank president trump head 10 years jail trio freshmen suspend indefinitely university california los angeles basketball team face charge police take question chinese city hangzhou nov. allegations shoplift louis vuitton store team china game georgia tech shanghai saturday ucla 63-60. team travel hangzhou early week trump acknowledge thank ucla players release china