President Donald Trump might be known for subtly flirting with dictatorship, but California Gov. Gavin Newsom just said the quiet part out loud.

In his latest jab at Trump, the Democratic lawmaker compared the president to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un—the very same authoritarian ruler Trump, just hours earlier, had boasted about having a “great relationship” with.

The comment came after the Department of Labor promoted a photo on X showing a massive banner draped over the Frances Perkins Building, the department’s D.C. headquarters, of a scowling Trump next to the words “AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST,” hung beside a similar image of Theodore Roosevelt.

Newsom responded in his now-characteristic parody of Trump’s social media voice: “THANK YOU, GLORIOUS LEADER!”

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