The headline is based on this comment. Does this sound like he had Trump’s blessing? Probably. But the comment is ambiguous - deliberately so.
‘I have spoken to President Trump over the last several days,’ Gaetz told reporters on the steps of the Capitol after the vote. ‘I would say that my conversations with the former president leave me with great confidence that I’m doing the right thing.’
I would stay out of it if possible, if I were in Trump’s shoes, because people will only be reminded that McCarthy was another of Trump’s less than optimal personnel choices.