But according to the magazine PoliticoDonad Trump would not be happy with the text that was adopted and he would hold it against Mike Johnson. The new President of the United States would have wanted an increase in the debt ceiling. It also calls into question the negotiating ability of Johnson, who is expected to make do with a narrower majority in the coming months. “Over the past two weeks, we've wondered whether Johnson had been an honest broker“, declared a close friend of the Republican to the journalist Rachael Bade. “Nobody thinks he's strong. Nobody says, 'Damn, this guy is a fighter',” another source explains. “I don't see how Johnson will survive“, also announces another source. This victory therefore does not seem to work in Johnson's favor with the next head of state.
From Maga Mike to Magic Mike, the strange story of Mike Johnson
The future is therefore uncertain for Mike Johnson, while the vote for the presidency of the House of Representatives will be held on January 3, 2025. But the reasons for this agreement, unsatisfactory for Trump, are legitimate. Notably by the simple fact that Joe Biden is still in office and that the Democratic Party runs the Senate. “If he wanted to bury Mike Johnson, everyone knows he could – and he didn't. Although the president believes there could have been a better deal, he also did not sound the alarm. We don't yet know where we will be in a week or two.“, specifies a close friend of the Republican.
Raising the debt ceiling is an important point for Donald Trump, who fears a blockage from the Democrats. “He brings it up in every conversation – he says that the debt ceiling is going to be the element that Chuck Schumer (the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Editor's note) is going to use“, specifies a source at Politico.
