Trump defends Johnson’s for­eign aid bill nego­ti­a­tions: ‘He’s try­ing very hard’

House Speak­er Mike John­son (R‑LA) has acquired a crit­i­cal defend­er.
Speak­ing in a radio inter­view on Mon­day, for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump sought to take the heat off of the embat­tled speak­er, who remains on the receiv­ing end of a tire­less cam­paign to evict him from his job by Rep. Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene (R‑GA).
“Well, look, we have a major­i­ty of one, OK?” Trump said. “It’s not like he can go and do what­ev­er he wants to do. I think he’s a very good per­son. You know, he stood very strong­ly with me on NATO when I said NATO has to pay up. … I think he’s try­ing very hard.”
The for­mer pres­i­dent also praised John­son for the arbi­tra­tion regard­ing Ukraine aid that will fea­ture $9 bil­lion in the form of for­giv­able loans. That match­es a usu­al Trump sen­ti­ment in which he has hes­i­tat­ed to give for­eign coun­tries mon­ey that l …