Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) told President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE on Thursday to stop the “political attacks” and work on replenishing her state’s medical supplies.

During a phone interview with Fox News's Sean Hannity Sean Patrick HannitySunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week Ex-Pence aide: Trump spent 45 minutes of task force meeting 'going off on Tucker Carlson' instead of talking coronavirus MORE, Trump said he was having problems with "the young, a woman governor,” from Michigan. Whitmer, 48, was elected to the governor’s office in 2018.

“I've asked repeatedly and respectfully for help,” she said, addressing Trump in a Twitter post. “We need it. No more political attacks, just PPEs [personal protective equipment], ventilators, N95 masks, test kits. You said you stand with Michigan — prove it.”

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I've asked repeatedly and respectfully for help. We need it. No more political attacks, just PPEs, ventilators, N95 masks, test kits. You said you stand with Michigan — prove it. https://t.co/FtWlTLZdqW — Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) March 27, 2020

Whitmer followed her tweet by posting a video of Vice President Pence, who is leading the administration’s response to the virus, praising her work. Following the video post on Twitter, she noted: ”PS: I’m happy to work with the VP! We get along well.”

The latest scuffle between Trump and Whitmer comes as the president and many state governors have clashed over the federal government's response to the coronavirus outbreak.

In the same Thursday night interview with Sean Hannity, Trump cast doubt on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) assessment that the Empire State needs 30,000 additional ventilators to keep up with the rising number of coronavirus patients.

"I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be," Trump said.

"I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You know, you go into major hospitals, sometimes they’ll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden they're saying, 'Can we order 30,000 ventilators?'"

Cuomo has been adamant that his state has exhausted all of its options to purchase ventilators, and on Friday morning hospitals in the area began experimenting with using one ventilator to treat two patients at the same time in order to preserve resources. Cuomo says that the only way that the state can attain the amount of needed breathing machines now is if the federal government steps in and provides them.

Michigan has the fifth-highest number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S., standing at 2,878 and 63 deaths reported as of Friday.