Speaker Johnson to meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago amid speakership threat

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will meet former President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago property on Friday because the embattled House chief faces a threat to his speakership from Trump loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

Johnson and Trump have already been at odds on the House passing a further $60 billion in help to Ukraine, which Johnson has for months declined to permit the House to vote on laws already handed by the Democratic-led Senate. 

Trump has beforehand said that he would finish the struggle inside 24 hours ought to he be reelected, whereas he has additionally touted changing the price of weapons transfers to Ukraine right into a mortgage.

Trump additionally inspired GOP lawmakers to efficiently “kill” reauthorizing FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a measure Johnson backed. The speaker is ready to strive once more to push the measure via the House.

Left: Former President Donald Trump. Right: House Speaker Mike Johnson (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP by way of Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc by way of Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, earlier this month, Greene authored a decision to power the House to take a vote of no confidence within the speaker. Greene railed at Johnson for negotiating spending payments with Democrats and forgoing the GOP’s inside rule, requiring 72 hours earlier than voting on laws.

She can also be a staunch opponent of offering extra help to Ukraine. Greene and Johnson met on Wednesday, with Greene saying she remains to be annoyed with the speaker’s dealing with of a number of hot-button points.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has authored a decision to power the House to take a vote of no confidence within the speaker. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Nevertheless, Trump is predicted to again the management of Johnson, who defended the previous president in two impeachment trials.

In truth, Friday’s assembly has been billed as a “major announcement on election integrity,” and to tout laws that might forestall noncitizens from voting, though no additional particulars have been offered.

The joint look will even give Johnson a possibility to publicly showcase his shut ties to Trump.

Friday’s assembly has been billed as a “major announcement on election integrity,” and to tout laws that might forestall noncitizens from voting. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency by way of Getty Images)

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“It’s about Trump embracing Johnson,” former Speaker Newt Gingrich stated of Friday’s joint look, per the New York Times. “This is Trump saying, ‘He is the speaker, I am his friend, we are together.’ That’s a pretty important thing for him. He just has to endure.”

The high-profile joint look comes days after Trump met with former U.Okay. Prime Minister David Cameron at Mar-a-Lago.