President Donald Trump praised the nation's governors for the friendly relationship they have had with the White House. However, at Thursday's White House coronavirus briefing, the president also took aim at some governors who are nice when they talk and then go on television and trash him.



"One other thing, just a quick thing, so what I found is when governors call me, I mean, I think in every case they've always been so nice," Trump said at the end of the press conference. "So nice and I've seen them and heard them say thank you very much. You have done a great job, a fantastic job in one case. Thank you, thank you, thank you."



"Then I'll see the governor, usually of the opposite party and almost all cases except maybe one, but in almost all cases, they are very generous, they're very nice, they think me. Everything is great. We're doing a great job. And then I'll see them on television and it's like a different person," Trump said.



"And I realize there are some people because of politics that if they say we want 1000 ventilators and as a no, Jim, I want to give you 5000 ventilators, they'll say thank you," he continued. "You are the greatest president that ever lived and then I'll see them quoted in a paper receipt on a show and they'll say the president didn't come through for me. I'm very disappointed in the president. And we have a lot of that. They're very happy when they talk to me and I see them."



"I guess they assume I don't watch them for something, but I watch very closely," Trump finished.

