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Mike Johnson hurls blame Trump's way as he struggles to defend himself on Fox News

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House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News viewers on Saturday they should blame their economic woes on President Donald Trump's war with Iran. Johnson appeared on Saturday in America with Kayleigh McEnany to defend his party as a growing number of conservatives say they blame Trump for the nation's worsening economy. "We put in this Congress into place all the economic conditions to let the economy take off like a rocket," Johnson said. "Then we got into the conflict with Iran ... that's the big headwind we have." Under usual circumstances, blaming the war for economic woes would also have implicated Congress — but Trump didn't seek Congressional approval . Despite Iran's vow Saturday that it would continue to enforce its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz until Trump gave up on his "delusions ," Johnson claimed the conflict would end "soon" and then gas prices and grocery prices would return "to planet Earth." Viewers of this exchange were stunned Johnson would so blatantly cast blame on