House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said the shutdown of the federal government over a budget impasse in Congress gives President Donald Trump “the keys to the kingdom.”
The Hill reported that Johnson told a radio host in his home state of Louisiana that the government shutdown “ultimately could be a benefit” to Trump’s overall reduced government spending approach if the White House takes the opportunity to cut federal spending where Republicans “never had the votes in the Senate to do.”
Johnson’s comments followed a media briefing in Washington where Republican leaders pushed for Democrats to support a short-term funding plan to keep the government operating.
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