Trumpist Mike Johnson is the US House speaker. There’s plenty to fear

‘Mike Johnson of Louisiana brags that he doesn’t believe that human beings cause climate change.’ Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock

The process was appalling, and the outcome even more so, as Republicans in the House of Representatives finally found someone they could more or less agree on.

That agreement, though, may be more accurately described as simple exhaustion after three weeks of embarrassing misfires.