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Mike Johnson: “I asked him why he paused LNG exports, like, Mr. President…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump Administration and Political Landscape

Published | Video Starts at 16:21

But there's a, you know, now widely reported story of something that happened. I think it was in early February of last year when I was in the Oval Office, and I asked him why he paused LNG exports, like, Mr. President, why would you pause liquefied natural gas exports to our European allies? Because they're going to have to go to Vladimir Putin to get their needs met. And he tried to argue with me and tell me that he didn't do that. (16:21–16:26)

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Asserts that LNG exports to European allies were paused.

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