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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Republican v Republican: can Trump play peacemaker within his own party?

a composite image showing Elon Musk and Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon has lacerated Elon Musk for being a ‘recent convert’ to Donald Trump’s cause. Composite: Reuters

Donald Trump to the rescue.

With Mike Johnson’s bid for re-election as speaker of the House of Representatives teetering, the US president-elect interrupted a golf game to talk by phone to two Republican holdouts. In short order the art of the deal prevailed: Johnson won on the first ballot.

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