“Lower than one month earlier than Mike Johnson’s sudden ascent to the speakership, the Louisiana Republican, then a little-known member, joined with most GOP lawmakers to vote towards $300 million in U.S. safety help for Ukraine,” the Wall Avenue Journal studies.
“Now, as speaker, Johnson has stunned many on Capitol Hill by publicly and repeatedly calling Ukraine assist a crucial precedence for the Home.”
“The place Johnson stands on Ukraine and the way onerous he plans to push for tens of billions of {dollars} in new assist may form the way forward for the embattled nation, simply because the U.S. is dealing with questions on its dedication to Kyiv and its management position abroad.”