Mike Johnson has long been a Ukraine supporter. But he loves Trumpy more. Here he is spinning like a top:
In a stunning exchange on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Johnson took umbrage with the notion that President Donald Trump and others on the Right are “on Putin’s side” in the wake of the chaotic Oval Office meeting with Zelensky on Friday
“It’s pretty absurd for anyone in the media or Democrats to somehow proclaim that President Trump, the White House, or Republicans in Congress are on Putin’s side,” Johnson said. “It’s a joke. We understand that he is a dangerous adversary and he is the one that provoked the war.”
Of course, Trump expressed the exact opposite sentiment in a Feb. 18 statement — making clear he believes Ukraine, not Russia, was the aggressor which sparked the war.
“You should’ve never started it,” Trump said of Ukraine.
Welker promptly referenced Trump’s comment.
“But Mr. Speaker, you’re saying that we all know that Putin provoked the war,” Welker said. “Actually, President Trump said that President Zelensky provoked the war. The week started with the U.S. siding with Russia and North Korea at the UN, refusing to condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine. It ended with this Oval Office confrontation with Zelensky. Is President Trump realigning the United States with Russia here?”
“No,” Johnson said. “President Trump is trying to get these two parties to a point of peace. And it takes certain maneuvers and certain strategies to do that. You have two parties who, to this point, have not shown any interest apparently in getting to peace. What President Zelensky did in the White House was effectively signal to us that he’s not ready for that yet. And I think that’s a great disappointment. We have to get this settled. And we stand with our allies, we always do. But they have to be reasonable.”
Trump called Zelensky a dictator, said that Ukraine has no cards (and he’s sick of it) that Russia will get to keep the territory it’s taken, no chance for it to join NATO and that there will be no security guarantee after a cease fire and peace deal with a man who has broken every cease fire agreement it’s signed.
WHAT DEAL IS UKRAINE SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNING ON TO???? Thank you sir, may I have another?
No mention of the fact that Russia has been asked to give up NOTHING and that Trump iwent on and on incoherently about how he’s bonded to Putin and trusts him implicitly because of the Russia investigation — started in Hunter Biden’s bathroom. Why would Zelensky trust a lunatic like that?
Johnson also told Welker that he and Musk have been spending late nights with the DOGE algorithm which is finding massive amounts of “waste, fraud and abuse” in Social Security. That sounds just great.
Johnson is evil.