LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — The annual dinner with governors at the White House is typically a chance for leaders from both parties to come together, socialize and spend a low-key evening with the president. Ahead of this week’s gathering of the National Governors Association, Trump ridiculed the bipartisan group’s leadership, Republican Gov. Jared Polis, to a working event at the White House on Friday — only to relent at the last minute. In brief remarks, Trump joked that state leaders “look in that mirror and say, I should be president, not him.”President Donald Trump speaks at the National Governors Association dinner at the White House, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, in Washington. Advertisement“It’s a glowing evening in the White House,” Hutchinson, who once chaired the NGA, said in an interview.

Source: Huffington Post February 22, 2026 15:24 UTC