House Speaker Mike Johnson didn’t mince words this week — and his warning should send shockwaves through Washington.
As military families nervously checked their bank accounts, Johnson laid out a grim reality: the stopgap fix that kept U.S. troops paid this month is running out — and Chuck Schumer’s Senate is gambling with soldiers’ rent money.
Trump Steps In to Protect Troops — But It’s a Temporary Lifeline
President Trump stepped up with an emergency workaround to protect service members after Democrats forced a government shutdown.
According to Johnson, Trump’s team shifted roughly $8 billion from Pentagon research and development accounts to make sure troops received their October 15 paychecks — the first military payday of the shutdown.
Johnson applauded Trump’s “heroic efforts,” but warned that this stopgap isn’t sustainable.
“The problem we have right now is that, in spite of President Trump’s heroic efforts to make sure they get paid, that is a temporary fix,” Johnson said. “The executive branch, his help, is not permanent. It can’t be.”
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