Donald Trump is gaining some support amongst Republicans to be become Speaker of the House

<p>Let's get this out of the way first, although no Speaker has ever held the role without being a sitting member of Congress, its not a requirement. An outsider can be drafted in. </p><p>Trump is getting some support from some Republican members, Marjorie Taylor Green among them, following the removal of Kevin McCarthy late on Tuesday:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-house-of-representatives-vote-mccarthy-out-of-speaker-role-20231003/" target="_blank" rel="follow" data-article-link="true">US House of Representatives vote McCarthy OUT of Speaker role</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-house-of-representative-in-chaos-patrick-mchenry-is-new-speaker-temporary-20231003/" target="_blank" rel="follow" data-article-link="true">US House of Representative in chaos. Patrick McHenry is new Speaker (temporary)</a></li></ul><p>Another thing I should get of the way is that Trump has said before that he would not consider becoming Speaker. </p><p>The vote for the position is not until Wednesday next week, the 11th. Is anyone prepared to rule anything out given the unprecedented event we just witnessed?</p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.