President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Pool via AP )
Kemp, the chair of the Republican Governors Association, faced political jabs earlier this decade from Trump over perceived grievances, but Trump made peace with the governor of the key southeastern battleground state last summer as he ran to win back the presidency.
"From my perspective, it's good to have somebody that we could work with back in the White House on a lot of things that we care about," Kemp added.
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Kemp is also applauding Trump's creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with a mission to overhaul and downsize the federal government.
Trump named Elon Musk - the world's richest person and the chief executive of Tesla and Space X - to steer the organization.
Then-President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida, as Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lousiana Gov. Jeff Landry, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Susie Wiles listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Kemp also spotlighted that the cost-cutting efforts by DOGE are similar to what Republican governors have been doing for years in their states.
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"That's been going on in the States for a long time, especially in Republican states, where…great Republican governors have been making state government efficient, balancing our budgets," he noted. "It's been going on for a long time, just maybe wasn't the same name."
Additionally, Kemp stressed that GOP governors "have prided ourselves on making government smaller, more efficient, making sure that we're working for the people in our state."
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