Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 194
What Just Happened?
“At Rep. Thomas Massie’s request, House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully appealed directly to President Trump for a truce,” Axios reports.
“But Massie broke the truce just days later, accusing top Republicans of covering up the Jeffrey Epstein files.”
“The personal attacks blindsided the House leaders who’d stepped in to shield the Kentucky Republican from Trump’s public rebuke.”
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