President Donald Trump and Maine Governor Janet Mills traded legal ultimatums on Friday afternoon in a dispute arising from the state’s refusal to implement a White House order banning males from female school sports.

“Governors won’t be governors if they continue to allow men in women’s sports,” Trump said, before looking to Governor Mills and asking her what she’s going to do.

“You better do it, because you’re not going to get federal funding,” Trump said directly to Mills during a meeting with bipartisan governors in Washington.

According to the Daily Wire’s White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan, Mills said Maine will continue to follow state and federal law, prompting Trump to say “see you in court,” and Mills responded in kind.

“We’re going to follow the law, sir, we’ll see you in court,” Mills reportedly said.

“Enjoy your life after governor, because I don’t think you’ll be an elected official afterwards,” Trump shot back.

Maine has refused to implement the executive order Trump issued earlier this month banning biological males from female school sports because, the Democrat-led state says, it violates the Maine Human Rights Act.

At stake is over $250 million in federal funding to education in Maine. While the vast majority of the state’s estimated $2.6 billion annual education budget is funded by municipalities and the state, the federal government also contributes both directly and indirectly to various education programs — funding that, if withheld, would have an impact on schools’ operation.

Maine’s senior U.S. Senator Susan Collins, who chairs the powerful Committee on Appropriations, warned Trump earlier this week that withholding federal funds, specifically referring to actions taken by the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), potentially violates the constitution and will lead to many lawsuits.

This latest exchange between Trump and Mills only accelerates and ups that ante.