President Donald Trump spoke at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Thursday night.

Janet Mills' vow that she would see Trump in court over his threat to withhold money from the state if it didn't comply with his executive order delighted Democrats who want more strident pushback. But the dust-up that played out in the open Friday as Trump hosted governors at the White House ticked off a president known to retaliate against people he considers enemies.

Who and what will he target next, and what will he do?” Maine Governor Janet Mills said. “In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it – and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so.

Just days after President Donald Trump got into a spat with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, and threatened to withhold federal dollars from the state over transgender women participating in school sports,

The president sees himself as national king, and every other American—including Maine Governor Janet Mills—as one of his quavering subjects.

At the White House governors event, there was a tense exchange between President Trump and Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills. The back-and-forth came as Trump discussed his executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports.

Hours later, the state was notified of the first of two investigations launched over violations of Trump's ban on trans student-athletes.

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President Donald Trump has sparred with Maine’s governor during a meeting of governors at the White House. Democratic Gov.

Trump threatened to withhold federal education funding if Maine does not comply with his executive order and bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports.

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