Mike Johnson tells British Parliament he’s there to ‘calm the waters’ #shorts
January 20, 2026
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as posted by the channelU.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed Britain’s Parliament on Tuesday, telling them that he had come to “calm the waters,” as tensions between Washington and its European allies have intensified in recent weeks over President Trump’s push to acquire Greenland.
Johnson’s address — the first ever delivered by a sitting U.S. House speaker to the British Parliament — came on the eve of the United States’ 250th anniversary and against a backdrop of strain in transatlantic relations, including Trump’s sharp criticism of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hours earlier over a deal involving the Chagos Islands.
“I spoke to President Trump at length yesterday, and I told him that I really felt that my mission here today was to encourage our friends and help to calm the waters, so to speak,” Johnson said.
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