President-elect Donald Trump on Monday gave an endorsement of House Speaker Mike Johnson ahead of a House vote to elect a new speaker.

President-elect Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson's bid to remain speaker, days before the House will return and vote for a new leader. The House is set to vote on a speaker Friday, with the lower chamber unable begin the business of a new legislative session without a speaker in place.

House lawmakers on Friday are set to vote on the speakership amid dissatisfaction from key Republicans over Mike Johnson's leadership.

A number of MAGA and Republican figures have criticized President-elect Donald Trump after he endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson. Newsweek has contacted the Trump transition team and Johnson's office for comment via email.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday gave his blessing to Mike Johnson in the pending race for House speaker, according to social media.

President-elect Donald Trump is endorsing House Speaker Mike Johnson as he prepares to fight to keep his role leading Republicans in Congress.

With inauguration on the way, President-elect Donald Trump meets with DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, endorses Mike Johnson to continue being the speaker of the house, and aims to end Daylight Savings time. DC also makes preparations for Inauguration ahead of schedule and Donald Trump loses his federal appeal of a sexual abuse case brought by E.

Johnson’s continued leadership seemed in jeopardy after a fight over a federal funding plan put the government at risk for a pre-Christmas shutdown.

"Even if Mike's entire goal is to do everything Trump wants...he's not going to be good at it," Thomas Massie wrote on X.

"I understand why President Trump is endorsing Speaker Johnson as he did Speaker Ryan, which is definitely important. However, we still need to get assurances that @SpeakerJohnson

Monday morning on Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson, R-La., to remain on as speaker of the House. In a post discussing Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign funds and the Democratic Party at large, Trump wrote, “The American people need IMMEDIATE relief from all of the destructive policies of the last Administration.”