President Donald Trump praised Tim Cook in a Tuesday morning post on Truth Social . Trump had very nice things to say about the Apple CEO, who announced on Monday that he’ll be stepping down from the role, but will stay on in a new position that includes “engaging with policymakers.” But Trump also couldn’t stop himself from talking about how Cook was kissing his ass during his tenure leading the Cupertino giant.

Trump wrote that he’s “always been a big fan of Tim Cook,” just like he was of Steve Jobs. And recounted the first phone call he got from Cook during Trump’s first term. Trump said that Cook has a “fairly large problem” that only the president could fix and that most people would’ve just paid a consultant millions of dollars to address it. Instead, Trump insisted, Cook went to the president.

“When I got the call I said, wow, it’s Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that?…