Ashley May

USA TODAY

On today’s cover, the New York Daily News turned around a common anti-Hilary Clinton catchphrase and aimed it at Donald Trump: “Lock him up!”

Many have criticized Trump for calling on Russian hackers to find and release Hillary Clinton's emails Wednesday.

"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Trump told reporters at a news conference near Miami on Wednesday. "I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press."

This kind of press isn't what he was talking about.

The Daily News says Trump "blatantly asked Russia to commit espionage."

The cover story, which notes Trump's comments don't appear to be treason, questions the competency of his campaign: "He is running for President of the United States, right?"

Trump says he hopes Russia can find 'missing' Clinton emails

The tabloid refers to the presidential candidate as “Comrad Trump,” with a headshot of Trump next to Vladimir Putin and the cover story calling their relationship a "bromance."

The headline pokes fun at a chant Trump fans used last week during the Republican National Convention: “Lock her up,” pointed at Clinton. (Clinton does not face criminal charges for using private email servers as the secretary of state, even though the FBI said she was "extremely careless" in handling classified information.)

This isn't the first negative image of Trump on the tabloid. In February, the Daily News portrayed Trump as a clown on it's "Dawn of the Brain Dead" cover. Last month, it led with an image of Paul Ryan and Trump and the headline, "I'm with racist!"