playbook: “It’s been a week since Congress passed a government funding bill that ignores President Trump’s central demand for Johnson to raise the debt ceiling, and there are just six days left until the House votes on the next speaker. But President Trump has remained conspicuously silent about Johnson’s fate.
“Why does that matter? Because a number of MAGA voices have filled that void suggesting that Mr. Johnson is not the right leader for House Republicans. It’s not just a debt ceiling faceplant. This It was also the deal Johnson made (and later withdrew from) with Democrats that infuriated Elon Musk and many other Trump supporters.
“So what to make of President Trump’s silence? If Mr. Johnson is optimistic, he can rely on the fact that Mr. Trump has supported him for months, and if he is truly optimistic about the House leadership.” If he had wanted a change, he could have said so at any time (or he could have sent a different message, such as not inviting Johnson to the box during the hectic post-election weekend or the Army-Navy football game earlier this month). Maybe.)
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