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White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov. They are in the public domain and usually appear 4–7 weeks after the event: the newest one here is from Sep 30, 2026. We show how often a word was said and short quotes, and link to the full text. Searches on this page go to our server, unlike My transcripts.

“Governor” said in 15 of 63 transcripts, 98 times.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Karol Nawrocki of Poland and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 5 times

…us. I want to go into Chicago, and I have this incompetent Governor that doesn't want us. Do you know that this weekend 72 people…
…go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great Governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a…
…known. They have incompetent people. A guy like Gavin Newscum, he's the Governor of a State that if we didn't go in—if we didn't…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 16 times

…all, and they're going to fight me. Like this slob of a Governor you have in Illinois. This poor guy got thrown out of his…
…but he was no good. He was—they threw him out. He's Governor of Illinois. And he goes, about Trump, "We don't need his help…
…the greatest President. You're doing an unbelievable job. What a great job." Governor Moore—has anyone heard of him? He's another hopeful for President. I…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 6 times

…saw on television was you, actually, and you've worked great with the Governor, who's terrific, and you might want to tell a little bit about…
…the daughter's clothing and—so sad. The relationship with Texas—and the Governor has been obviously very good for years with me—but the relationship…
…week. It's—they're totally out of control. They have a really incompetent Governor. Where's Chris? Is he here? Do you want to speak to the…

Remarks Prior to a Working Dinner With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 3 times

…comfortable as possible for the State of Texas. They have a great Governor. They have wonderful Senators. They have wonderful Representatives, and we're going to…
…big surprise late in the evening. So we'll be working with the Governor and all of the people of Texas. We'll be going on—we'll…
…very glamorous, easy job. He's the Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. Former Governor. Former everything. I'd say he's a former everything and respected and loved…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters in Kananaskis, Canada

Jun 16, 2025 Meeting 2 times

…York. I look at Chicago. I mean, you got a really bad Governor in Chicago and a bad mayor, but the Governor is probably the…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 3 times

…would say I would have won Pennsylvania easily anyway, even if the Governor ran—the real Governor, not the Governor from Minnesota, who's a—I…

Remarks at a Meeting of the Make America Healthy Again Commission

May 22, 2025 Meeting 2 times

…friend of mine, a really great Senator: Roger Marshall. Roger, thank you. Governors Mike Braun, Jim Pillen, Patrick Morrisey. Representatives Vern Buchanan. Former Speaker of…
…they have tremendous power over the Senate, over the House, over the Governors, over everybody. And they spend more money—billions and billions of dollars…

Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With Republican Members of Congress

May 20, 2025 Meeting 4 times

…that we were—— Well, SALT is a very interesting thing, because the Governors of New York and Illinois—you know, the big J.B. is going…
…talking about that. But the biggest beneficiary, if we do that, are Governors from New York, Illinois, and California. And those Governors are the ones…

Remarks During a Meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026

May 6, 2025 Meeting 2 times

…with Penn Station. We'll be involved in that. We'll work with the Governor, and we'll be involved with that very much. Okay? Thank you. Yes…
…anymore. It's very simple. Very, very simple. As far as calling him "Governor Carney," no, I haven't done that yet, and maybe I won't. I…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters

May 6, 2025 Meeting 2 times

…San Francisco to Los Angeles that's being run by Gavin "Newscum," the Governor of California. The—did you ever hear of Gavin Newscum? He has…
…that Trudeau, when I spoke to him—I used to call him "Governor Trudeau." I think that probably didn't help his election. But when I…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 6 times

…of our great energy people here today, right? We have our—the Governor, and we have Chris. You know Chris. He's supposed to be the…
…gone down. Do you want to speak to that for a second, Governor? Would you just say a couple of words, you and Chris, about…
…England is a disaster. So we're working on that. In fact, the Governor is coming in—Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, who's a very…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 1 time

…education, where the parents of the children will be running education, where Governors that are doing a very good job will be running education, not…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 5 times

…I spoke to—let's call it the Prime Minister, rather than the governor. But when I spoke to him, I said, "Why are we giving…
…nice guy. I think he's a very good guy. I call him Governor Trudeau. He should be governor, because the fact is that if we…
…safe form of voting. You know, the other thing is for the Governors. I wish the Governors would do it, because the paper ballots will…

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a National Governors Association Meeting

Feb 21, 2025 Meeting 25 times

…happened. It would have never happened. But I'm delighted to welcome America's Governors to the White House. You're amazing people. Even the Democrats are amazing…
…very nice person that we've had good relationships: the newly elected Democrat Governor—who's here, I assume. Is he? Okay. Thank you very much. We're…
…they have no idea who they are. And I'd rather have my Governor from South Carolina, Henry. I'd rather have Ron. I'd rather have—from…

Remarks at a Republican Governors Association Meeting

Feb 20, 2025 Meeting 16 times

…all. We have so many great friends here. A lot of great Governors, a lot of talent. I'm thrilled to be with the Republican Governors…
…all about. I especially want to thank the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Brian Kemp, who is fantastic. He was fantastic. We won Georgia…
…Gianforte, a friend of mine who has done a fantastic job as Governor—for organizing this beautiful evening. In addition to—hi, Greg. How you…