As he returned to the White House today, Trump was asked if border czar Tom Homan should arrest California Gov. Gavin Newsom, as Newsom has dared him to do. “I would do it if I were Tom,” Trump told reporters. “I think it’s great. Gavin likes the publicity.” He added: “I like Gavin Newsom, he’s a nice guy, but he’s grossly incompetent.”

“The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor,” Newsom wrote on social media. “This is a day I hoped I would never see in America. I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.”