Responsible for the shortage of ammunition in the face of the Russian aggressor, the conservative opposition to the Biden Administration is trying to disentangle itself from an insoluble contradiction: not abandoning kyiv while slavishly obeying its presidential candidate Donald Trump, himself aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Correspondent in the United States
By Maurin PicardPublished on 04/16/2024 at 6:40 p.m.
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Correspondent in New York
Mike Johnson is a lonely man. Speaker of the House of Representatives elected by the Republican majority in October, after four rounds of voting, he owed his appointment to the support of the ultraradical fringe of the GOP (Grand Old Party, conservative). This same fringe of enlightened people, isolationists and pro-Russians, today threatens to hasten its ouster from the perch. Mike Johnson, in their eyes, is preparing to do the irreparable: resurrect military aid to Ukraine, which they, like their champion, Donald Trump, want at no cost.
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