House Speaker Mike Johnson is reportedly not in good graces with President-elect Donald Trump.
Johnson needs Trump’s support to keep the gavel on January 3, the day House Republicans will have an option to renew or cancel his speakership.
Johnson appears on the outs with Trump due to his decision last week to try to pass a massive continuing resolution, filled with pork and at Democrat-raised spending levels.Trump torpedoed the measure and demanded a smaller bill with a debt level extension.
Johnson’s response was to pass a bill without a debt level extension that only kept the government open until March 14.
Politico’s Rachael Bade reported:
Amid the chaos in Washington, I was in Palm Beach talking to people close to the past and future president and called up other confidants afterward. This much became clear to me: Not only is Trump unhappy with the funding deal, he’s unhappy with Johnson, too.