Trump Aide: Republican Leaders Didn’t Tell Trump To Change

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Paul Manafort, a top advisor to Donald Trump, gave additional insight on Sunday to the meeting the presumptive GOP nominee had last week with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI).

CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper asked Manafort about a comment Trump made to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. Trump told the columnist that Ryan did not request he stop making crude remarks about women, reportedly telling Dowd that Ryan “wants me to be me.”

“Donald Trump was not asked by the leadership to change. And there’s no reason for him to change,” Manafort said, with a chuckle. “He’s just won the primary process with a record number of votes.”

Ryan and Trump met last week after the House speaker declared that he was not yet ready to support Trump. Ryan said afterward that it was a “positive” meeting.

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  1. “Donald Trump was not asked by the leadership to change. And there’s no reason for him to change,” Manafort said, with a chuckle. “He’s just won the primary process with a record number of votes.”

    Exactly. We on the other side of the aisle don’t want Donald J. Trump to change a thing. As a matter of fact, we’d appreciate it if he’d ramp it up even more. Please.

  2. Also, more of “electing Hillary Clinton will be like a third term for President Obama,” please. Outside your echo chamber, GOPer leaders, BHO is more popular than your patron saint RWR was at this point in his term. Anyway, please keep saying that every day.

  3. Orcs with blow dried hair spinning for Voldemort enjoy man flesh on white bread with mayo.

  4. Well, perhaps Paul Ryan can have another “summit” (anyone old enough to remember what that word meant when used in politics?) with It and after reading even more from the Constitution, can tell him to change.

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