California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office compared a rendered gold statue of President Donald Trump, to be featured in his new presidential library, to statues of dictators from around the world, including North Korea’s Kim Il-Sung and Turkmenistan’s Saparmurat Niyazov.
The president’s son, Eric Trump, released a video Monday of renderings depicting the proposed Donald J. Trump Presidential Library in Miami, Florida. At one point, the video shows an auditorium of raked seating looking to a stage that features a massive gold statue of Trump raising his fist.
“The gold statue in Trump’s new library (of himself) looks awfully familiar to a few others from around the world,” Newsom’s office wrote on X, alongside a series of photos of dictators.
That includes a gold statue of former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong, North Korea’s Kim Il-Sung and Turkmenistan’s Saparmurat Niyazov.
White House Spokesman Davis Ingle responded to the California governor’s criticisms saying: “Gavin Newscum is the worst and dumbest governor in America.”
Newsom’s office has often used its social media accounts to troll Trump, and in the past has accused him of being a “wanna-be dictator” and cosplaying as a dictator.
Trump is known for his affinity for gold decor – and has redecorated the White House Oval Office with gilded accents and furniture to fit his desired aesthetic.
But he’s also known to unabashedly promote his likeness.
Across the White House, dozens of paintings and pictures of the president hang. Some, in places where portraits of former presidents lived. A painting of Trump surviving an assassination attempt replaced the area where former President Barack Obama’s portrait hung, according to reports.
The administration has hung giant banners featuring the president on buildings housing the Department of Justice, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Labor.
Trump’s name has also been tacked onto the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Institute of Peace, a new class of battleships, an initiative to lower prescription drug costs, government-sponsored investment accounts for children and more.
Trump’s proposed presidential library, a sleek skyscraper, is being designed by Florida-based firm Bermello Ajamil & Partners.
Other features included in the renderings are a gold escalator, a rooftop patio, the Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar, a replica of the Oval Office during his second administration, a ballroom and, notably, few books.
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