Johnson Faces Pressure on $60 Billion Ukraine Aid Vote, Risking Speaker Role and GOP Divide
• House Speaker Mike Johnson faces intense pressure to allow a vote on $60 billion in aid for Ukraine, with the country's survival at stake.
• Johnson risks angering the right-wing of his party and endangering his speakership if he allows a vote, but he'll shoulder blame if aid isn't approved.
• Trump and conservative Republicans oppose the aid, wanting funds for the U.S. border instead, though a bipartisan Senate deal failed.
• Ukrainian President Zelensky directly appealed to Johnson, while foreign allies like Britain are lobbying him over implications for the war effort.
• If Johnson blocks the aid and Ukraine suffers defeats, he and the GOP may be blamed for undermining the Western alliance against Russian aggression.