Mike Johnson’s speaker win reveals the iron grip Trump still has on Republicans

The previously little-known rightwinger from Louisiana shows all the hallmarks of the ex-president's voice

After engineering this month's unceremonious defenestration of the hapless Kevin McCarthy, some far-right Republicans openly dreamed of installing their hero Donald Trump to replace him as speaker of the House of Representatives.

Trump himself, meanwhile, suggested that only Jesus Christ was certain to be elected to the role - apparently overlooking practical concerns of presumed unavailability.