Related TIPP editorial: Speaker Johnson Has An Excellent Opportunity To Course-Correct On Ukraine

We want to give him the benefit of time but are concerned that he will get engulfed in the Beltway vortex of reckless wars and limited diplomacy.

On Ukraine, he seemed remarkably ill-informed. He repeated the moderate GOP positions of Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, and Chris Christie by asserting that "President Putin should not be allowed to prevail in Ukraine because I don't believe it would stop there - and it would probably encourage and empower China to perhaps make a move on Taiwan."

Both of these assertions are false and are not backed by any evidence or a fundamental understanding of history... Johnson's position on funding Ukraine would shock the MAGA base. Unlike Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, who vehemently opposed all funding to Ukraine, Johnson seemed open to the idea.

Earlier thread with link to a similar reaction at Breitbart