'Playing dumb': Mike Johnson hammered after wild claim about who's running the government

'Playing dumb': Mike Johnson hammered after wild claim about who's running the government

President Donald Trump was caught mocking Speaker Mike Johnson, claiming not only to be the president but also to control Johnson so thoroughly that he is, in effect, the speaker as well. This has prompted renewed questions about who is actually running the government.Writing in The New Republic on Monday, Edith Olmsted argued that Johnson is taking "playing dumb to a whole new level." Johnson holds daily news conferences about the government sh…