The Speaker of the House of Representatives is often ridiculed and personally attacked, both by Democrats and from within his own ranks. Now he has managed to avert the catastrophe in the debt dispute – with a risky commitment for himself.
There is currently no politician in the United States who has such a difficult and thankless job as Kevin McCarthy, Republican speaker of the House of Representatives. Put simply, in the last few weeks it has been his job to save America from falling into the financial abyss, and that from a starting point that could not have been worse.