{"id":2404479,"date":"2025-02-20T05:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T10:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-his-appointments-to-council-of-governors-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T05:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T10:41:02","slug":"trump-announces-his-appointments-to-council-of-governors-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-his-appointments-to-council-of-governors-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces his appointments to Council of Governors &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-his-appointments-to-council-of-governors-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404479&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President donald Trump has announced his appointments to the \u200cCouncil of Governors,\u2063 which consists of ten state\u2064 leaders\u2014five Republicans and\u2063 five Democrats. The council, established \u2062to enhance \u2063state-federal collaboration on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a>, disaster response, and \u2063military coordination issues, includes republican Governors Ron desantis\u200b (FL), Brian Kemp \u200b(GA), Jeff Landry (LA), Henry McMaster (SC), and Glenn Youngkin (VA), with Youngkin serving\u200c as co-chair. Democratic \u2063Governors Kathy Hochul (NY), Wes\u2063 Moore (MD), Gretchen Whitmer\u2062 (MI),\u2064 Josh Shapiro (PA), and Josh Stein (NC) were also appointed, \u2063with Stein as\u200c co-chair. Originally\u200b created by President George W. Bush \u2062and \u2062formalized by President \u2063Barack Obama, the council aims\u200c to promote cooperation among \u2062state governments on critical issues, including disaster \u200bresponse and military integration, and\u200c also \u200bfocuses on cybersecurity partnerships and federal\u200d budget\u200d considerations.Each governor will\u2062 serve a\u2063 two-year term on the\u200c council.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump announces his appointments to Council of Governors<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1998174\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump<\/a> announced his appointments to his administration&rsquo;s Council of Governors on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The council consists of ten governors, five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans<\/a> and five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a>. The announcement was made in a release on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, President Donald J. Trump announced new appointments to the Council of Governors, a bipartisan group of state leaders tasked with strengthening state-federal partnerships on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pulls-65-pending-trump-executive-orders\/\" title=\"Biden Pulls 65 Pending Trump Executive Orders\">key national security<\/a>, disaster response, and military coordination issues,&rdquo; read the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/president-trump-announces-appointments-to-the-council-of-governors\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Brian Kemp (R-GA), Jeff Landry (R-LA), Henry McMaster (SC), and Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) were the Republicans on the council. Youngkin was named co-chair of the group. Govs. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), Wes Moore (D-MD), Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), and Josh Stein (D-NC) were the Democrats appointed. Stein was also named co-chair of the committee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Council of Governors was established by then-President George W. Bush through the National Defense Authorization Act 2008. In 2010, President Barack Obama formally created the council through an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2010\/01\/14\/2010-705\/establishment-of-the-council-of-governors\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a>, noted the release.<\/p>\n<p>Its purpose is to promote synergy among a bipartisan panel of the nation&rsquo;s governments to foster collaboration and cooperation on responses for vital issues such as national disaster responses, deployments and other operations for the National Guard, and &ldquo;military integration within the states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3322574\/january-numbers-prove-trump-right-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>JANUARY NUMBERS PROVE TRUMP RIGHT ON THE BORDER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.org\/cog\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Council of Governors<\/a> aids in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">constructing cybersecurity partnerships<\/a> and offers input regarding &ldquo;federal budgetary considerations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Each governor appointed to the council serves a term of two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1998174\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1998174\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump reveals new members of the Council of Governors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2404480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25029698603924-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21068,50706,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2404479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-appointments","tag-council-of-governors","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25029698603924-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404483,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404479\/revisions\/2404483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}