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UCLA Basketball: President Trump gets involved in the situation with the 3 Bruins in China

The situation with three UCLA Basketball players accused of stealing from a Louis Vuitton store (as well admit two other establishments) made all kinds of headlines last week.

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It became a huge matter on the campus of UCLA, it made waves across the college basketball scene and was such a high-profile story that the U.S. State Department got involved.

It has now been kicked up a notch as President Donald Trump has gotten himself in the matter.

According to the Washington Post, Trump personally asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help resolve the situation.