Playbook PM: Johnson scrambles for an exit ramp

Playbook PM: Johnson scrambles for an exit ramp Presented by THE CATCH-UP NEW JMART — CHRIS LaCIVITA and TONY FABRIZIO sit down with Jonathan Martin for a rollicking conversation to get a download inside the historic 2024 campaign that returned DONALD TRUMP to the White House — from the JOE BIDEN alternative who tested the strongest against Trump, what they regret, what KAMALA HARRIS’ campaign missed, who they think will emerge as the 2028 GOP nominee and much more. “It doesn’t mean anything, except psychologically.” He added to ABC’s Jonathan Karl: “There won’t be anything approved unless the debt ceiling is done with,” Trump said, per Karl. “Let’s abolish the debt limit for good.” Added Sen. ELIZABETH WARREN also on X: “Congress should terminate the debt limit and never again govern by hostage taking.” Thought bubble: If Johnson puts up a clean CR with a straightforward debt limit increase attached, would Democrats really vote against it after spending 14 years tsk-tsking Republicans for playing politics with a possible federal default? “He has good days and bad days, and today was a bad day so we’re going to address this tomorrow,” the former aide recalled the official saying.” “Biden’s team tapped campaign co-chairman JEFFREY KATZENBERG, a Hollywood mogul, to find a voice coach to improve the president’s fading warble.” “At least one cabinet member stopped requesting calls with the president, because it was clear that such requests wouldn’t be welcome, a former senior cabinet aide said.” “During the 2020 campaign, Biden had calls with JOHN ANZALONE, his pollster, during which the two had detailed conversations. In a move the Trump administration is “certain to disregard,” the White House announced its plan to cut down climate-warming pollution from 66% to 61% by 2035, Sara Schonhardt and Zack Colman report: “The new goal marks an increase over Biden’s 2021 pledge to slash greenhouse gases 50-52 percent by 2030 over 2005 levels, but is a downgrade from what modelers say would have been possible.” Why it matters: “U.S.