Rachel Bade: “After the Home handed a shutdown-averting spending invoice Friday, a really relieved Speaker Mike Johnson proclaimed to reporters that President-elect Donald Trump was ‘actually glad about this end result.’”
“Not by an extended shot.”
“Amid the chaos in Washington, I used to be in Palm Seaside speaking to individuals near the previous and future president and referred to as up different confidants afterward. This a lot turned clear to me: Not solely is Trump sad with the funding deal, he’s sad with Johnson, too.”
Playbook: “Trump is backing away from Johnson simply for the time being the place the speaker most wants the brand new president’s assist. Johnson received’t have the ability to lose greater than 4 Republican votes on Jan. 3, and it’s unattainable to see him mustering that type of unity with out Trump’s vocal backing.”
“His greatest good friend proper now? Circumstance. No Republican desires a reprise of final fall’s two-week energy vacuum, least of all with the official electoral school tally scheduled for simply three days later. No elected speaker means no certification. And it positively means no progress on reconciliation — neglect the one-bill-or-two debate.”
