Trump Backs Spkr. Johnson Following Passage of Contentious Foreign Aid Bill

[Webster]

(The Guardian) That the House passed the foreign aid bill is somewhat of a surprise. Anti-Ukraine sentiment is rife and growing among the Republicans who hold a slim majority in that chamber, and speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to put the foreign aid bill up for a vote – and passing it with the help of more Democrats than Republicans – puts him in peril of losing his job. But though Donald Trump counts himself as a skeptic of funding Kyiv’s defenses, the Guardian’s Martin Pengelly reports that he recently praised Johnson – a bad sign for the nascent attempt to remove the speaker: Mike Johnson is a “good person” and is “trying very hard”, Donald Trump said, after the US House speaker oversaw passage of military aid to Ukraine, long opposed by Trump, in the face of fierce opposition from the right of the Republican party.

“Well, look, we have a majority of one, OK?” Trump said in a radio interview on Monday night, after a day in court in his New York hush-money trial.

“It’s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do,” Trump said of Johnson. “I think he’s a very good person. You know, he stood very strongly with me on Nato when I said Nato has to pay up … I think he’s a very good man. I think he’s trying very hard. And again, we’ve got to have a big election.”

Johnson faces opposition from rightwingers in his party, in particular from Marjorie Taylor Greene, a fervent Trump ally who has threatened to trigger a motion to vacate, the mechanism by which a speaker can be removed, and called for Johnson to quit.

No less than 112 House Republicans voted against Ukraine aid, leaving Johnson reliant on Democratic support. A similar scenario saw his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, removed last year, but with an election looming, many see Johnson as safe for now.

 

[NeoMetallix]

What a load of crap! Regardless of choice, we are screwed!

 

[safeinsanity]

So they won't finish building the wall to close our southern border but it's more American tax dollars to fund foreign wars.

I can understand helping Israel but I don't understand what interest we have in the Ukraine? .. I mean are we even allies? That war could go on for years.

 

[Webster]

So they won't finish building the wall to close our southern border but it's more American tax dollars to fund foreign wars.

I can understand helping Israel but I don't understand what interest we have in the Ukraine? .. I mean are we even allies? That war could go on for years.

Speaker Johnson put it best in some comments he made on the subject. He has a son getting ready to attend Annapolis as a midshipmen and he put it like this: if its' between sending America/Western military assistance to Ukraine to defend against Russia's invasion versus sending American/Western blood, he'll send the former, damn the consequences.

Now, should we be supporting Ukraine? That's a good philosophical question.
Should we allow other countries to invade their neighbors w/out provocation? Nope.

As I used to say years ago, the West should put its' collective boot to the throat of the Russian bear and step as hard as possible until the eyeballs of the bear pop the fuck out as a warning to other autocrats in the world at present (looking at you, Xi Jinping!) #RussiaDelendaEst #PutinDelendaEst.