Report: Senior Trump Aides Say Paul Ryan Will Endorse Trump

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions from reporters at a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2016. The Wisconsin Republican, thrust into the speakership after... Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions from reporters at a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2016. The Wisconsin Republican, thrust into the speakership after predecessor John Boehner was squeezed out, said Thursday that he is not interested in being the savior of a GOP establishment appalled by Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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ABC News reported Wednesday that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is expected to endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. Senior aides from the Trump campaign told ABC News of the upcoming endorsement, however, Ryan’s own team disputed the report and it is unclear when the endorsement would actually come.

“There’s no update and we’ve not told the Trump campaign to expect an endorsement,” one Ryan staffer told ABC News.

Ryan has been slow to come around to Trump. He shocked many when he said that he would not initially endorse the real estate magnate after Trump emerged the last candidate standing in the GOP primary. Earlier this month, the two men met at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington to discuss policy and try to iron out their differences. While Ryan said that the meeting went well, he did not immediately jump to endorse the presumptive Republican nominee.

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  1. It’ll happen on Friday afternoon, right before the holiday weekend.

  2. Of course he will. For the GOP, party is way more important than country.

  3. Have to laugh. This is just Trump forcing his hand and Ryan will fold.

  4. Several veteran organizations say they haven’t heard a damned thing about Ryan endorsing Trump.

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