Johnson on shaky ground with Trump after spending fiasco

The collapse of Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending plan illustrates a painful lesson that other politicians have already learned: Absolute loyalty to Donald Trump is a one-way street.

As the U.S. teeters on the edge of a government shutdown, bitterly divided Republicans are struggling to find a way forward and Johnson’s hold on his job is in Trump’s mercurial hands.

Multiple House conservatives, as well as Trump advisers and other people close to the incoming president, indicate...