House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 7, 2023.
House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 7, 2023.
  • Speaker Johnson continues to signal openness to more Ukraine aid, despite past opposition.
  • He's now floating confiscating billions in Russian government assets to pay for it.
  • But most of that money is held in overseas banks, complicating the approach.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is suggesting that the US should confiscate assets owned by the Russian government to pay for more aid to Ukraine.