Trump: I Don’t Mind ‘Slow Process’ With Ryan To Achieve GOP Unity

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Donald Trump on Thursday night said that he had a “great meeting” with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) earlier in the day and that he does not have a problem slowly winning Ryan’s support.

“I think he’s doing a good job. He’s got not an easy job, and I don’t mind going through a little bit of a slow process. It’s a very big subject,” Trump said when Fox News’ Sean Hannity asked if it was also Ryan’s job to unite the party.

“I think for the most part we agree on a lot of different items, and we’re getting there,” Trump added. “I feel very strongly about border security. I feel very strongly about trade. I feel very strongly about building up the military.”

Ryan also said on Thursday that his meeting with Trump went well, describing it as a “positive first step” toward unity. However, the speaker did not endorse Trump after the meeting.

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  1. Avatar for pine pine says:

    "Donald Trump on Thursday night said that he had a “great meeting” with
    House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) earlier in the day and that he does not
    have a problem slowly winning Ryan’s support. "

    A little expansion from a unexpected source:

    “Megyn Kelly had a bone or two to pick with the way her network’s
    competitors covered Donald Trump’s ballyhooed meeting with House Speaker
    Paul Ryan and Republican leaders on Thursday.”
    Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/megyn-kelly-mocks-cnn-223152#ixzz48XDB9wP7

  2. “…if the cracks can’t be mended, so be it. I’ll have chef whip up an omelet. A classy omelet.”

  3. Latest episode of GOP’s Slow Walk to Oblivion

  4. He may not mind a slow process but he’s got from now until October 31 to even come close to some sort of unification within the Party. Which isn’t gonna happen. And, at the end of the day, as so many have already said, Ryan gets to live with the consequences while Rump walks away a loser and rails about the system being rigged.

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