Former President Donald Trump defended Speaker Mike Johnson after the House passed a $95 billion foreign aid package, as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens Johnson's ouster.
Former President Donald Trump has come to House Speaker Mike Johnson's defense, as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., pushes for the Louisiana Republican's ouster from the leadership position. 'Well, look, we have a majority of one, OK?' Trump told radio host John Fredericks on Monday. 'It’s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he’s a very good person.
If we don’t win the presidency, I’m telling you I think our country could be finished… We are absolutely a country in decline.' Greene, a strong Trump ally, called on Johnson to resign after the House passed a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes about $61 billion for Ukraine, or she would move to have him ousted as Speaker. 'Mike Johnson’s leadership is over.
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