The back-and-forth came in the middle of the president’s remarks welcoming the nation’s governors to the White House.

President Trump had a testy exchange with Maine Governor Janet Mills on Friday over his threat to withhold federal funding from the state unless it bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports. “You better do it, because you’re not going to get any federal funding,” Trump told the Maine Democrat at a White House event.

President Donald Trump called out Maine Gov. Janet Mills for refusing to comply with his executive order banning male-at-birth transgender athletes from participating in women and girls' sports during a "working session" with the nation's governors Friday at the White House.