Wes Moore to skip national governors’ White House meeting after Trump dinner debacle

Published February 13, 2026 1:46pm ET



Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) announced Thursday he will not attend an annual meeting for governors at the White House, citing President Donald Trump’s move to disinvite him from a separate gubernatorial dinner. 

“If the point of the meeting that he’s singled me out and told me I’m disinvited from … is to turn it into name-calling or to follow what he did in his most recent tweet, which is full of lies and it’s ignorant and it’s unhinged. If the point of the meeting is that, then my answer to the president is very clear: Nah, I’m good,” Moore said during a CBS News interview, referencing his decision not to attend the event. 

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