Mike Johnson (R-LA) hoped Donald Trump could head off a brewing effort to remove him as House speaker. But he is learning the limits of the former president’s power in an unruly and divided House where even a single Republican defection could prove fatal to his early speakership. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who is Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had hoped Donald Trump could head off a brewing effort to remove him as House speaker.