Rachael Bade: Trump Is ‘Letting Mike Johnson Twist in the Wind Right Now’

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BADE: “Donald Trump is letting Mike Johnson twist in the wind right now. He has talked about everything from purchasing Greenland to, you know, making Canada the 51st state of the United States, not anything about Mike Johnson. And, I mean, this is sort of what I was told a few days ago from Trump insiders, was that he was going to sit back, let this sort of play out, and in the meantime you have people like Steve Bannon and that clip that you just played filling the void saying he's got to go, people like House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, who's going to be leading that group of conservatives now, he was previously a supporter of Mike Johnson, now he says he's not sure anymore. So this is not a good sign for Mike Johnson. He has, like, no margin of error here, maybe he can lose just one or two uh depending on how many people are in attendance. He's going to need Donald Trump to lean in and right now, Trump is not doing that. So — I will say one more thing. I wouldn't be shocked if we see Mike Johnson down at Mar-a-Lago before Friday. He's going to need him and he knows, and he's got to be in person to make that case to Trump."