Johnson on shaky ground with Trump after spending fiasco

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) said Thursday, after a conversation with Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), that he was offering "caution" to Republicans who opposed the new stopgap, telling them Trump "is the quarterback" and "he called a play."
52% : Johnson appeared to be back on Trump's good side after totally deferring to the incoming president's demands on government spending -- but his position is far from stable.
48% : Asked if Trump backing the spending plan helps Johnson on Jan. 3, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said "time will tell.
46% : As Johnson met with various factions of his own conference throughout the day, he and his team also circulated ideas with Trump and his allies to avoid another tanked spending bill.
45% : Multiple House conservatives, as well as Trump advisers and other people close to the incoming president, indicate Johnson's hold on the speakership is far from stable just as Republicans are about to take control of the House, Senate and White House.
43% : Johnson knows that keeping Trump on his side is crucial for his political survival as speaker, and that's going to repeatedly color how Johnson can operate not only in the next couple of weeks, but also next year -- if he can hold onto the gavel.
34% : As recently as this month, Trump was privately urging GOP members, according to one House Republican who spoke to him, to not do anything to distract from the start of his administration.
34% : but at the end of the day, if Trump is backing him on Jan. 3, you really want to stand up against Trump?"The House Freedom Caucus also huddled Thursday ahead of the vote on the Trump-backed spending bill, where a group of their members vented frustrations and also acknowledged that Trump is watching what happens, according to a person with knowledge of their private meeting.
32% : But another said that Trump wasn't "protecting him" and not to be fooled by the president-elect's publicly kind remarks.
29% : One Trump adviser, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said Johnson could salvage the relationship by "doing what Trump wants."
26% : After months of Johnson closely hugging the president-elect, Trump didn't hesitate to throw him under the proverbial bus Wednesday, tanking his funding plan and even making thinly veiled threats about his ability to remain speaker next year, saying If Mike Johnson gets "tough" and cuts out the Democratic wins they secured, then he would be safe.
14% : The collapse of Speaker Mike Johnson's spending plan illustrates a painful lesson that other politicians have already learned: Absolute loyalty to Donald Trump is a one-way street.
13% : Many conservatives opposed the funding plan, and one who came out against it, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), got a primary threat from Trump earlier in the day.
12% : But Trump has now cooled on explicitly defending Johnson for speaker.

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