Trump lauds House speaker as a ‘good person’ after Ukraine aid bill passage

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/23/trump-mike-johnson-ukraine

The embattled ex-president offered surprising words of praise to Mike Johnson, who shepherded aid package opposed by Trump

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style99@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Maybe "very good person" is a code phrase for people like Majorie Traitor Greene to go medieval on him at some point.

Carrolade@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

He's just flipping, it's a political necessity for him. What'll be interesting to see is if MTG kowtows to him, or continues to push her own pro-Russia stance to increase her own visibility at his expense.