How Mike Johnson defied the Trumpists in Congress over Ukraine

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Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images On 20 April the US House of Representatives authorised $95bn in spending, including $60bn for Ukraine, $26bn for Israel and $8bn designed to combat the threat of Chinese expansion in the Indo-Pacific. The Ukraine package passed for three reasons: Democrats in the House were united in support of it, more than 100 Republicans backed it, and – crucially – Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House, allowed the bill to be brought to the House floor after months of delay. Besides Donald Trump, Johnson is the Republican figure of the moment. He...