Top US lawmaker Mike Johnson says lying is part of some Iranians’ religion

The Republican House speaker defends the US-Israel war on Iran and praises Trump’s ‘steady hands at the wheel’.Mike Johnson, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has suggested that lying is part of Iranians’ religion as he defended President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a war on Iran.Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Johnson was asked about the increasingly unpopular policies under the Republican president, including his decision to join Israel in launching a war against Iran in February.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Qatar says efforts under way to end Iran-US war and reopen Strait of Hormuzlist 2 of 3Iran says it responded with missiles to US attack despite Trump’s threatslist 3 of 3Israel’s multiple wars see finance, defence ministries clash over spendingend of listThe House speaker responded by praising Trump, saying the US president has “steady hands at the wheel”. After addressing the US trade war with Canada, he turned his attention to the Iran war.“The problem has been – and the reason we’ve been frustrated – is that the Iranians simply cannot be trusted. They’ll sit at a negotiation table and say something. They’ll walk away and do...