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| Trump and Ryan: meeting was a 'very positive step' toward GOP unity – live | Trump and Ryan: meeting was a 'very positive step' toward GOP unity – live |
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| 5.52pm BST | |
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| Donald Trump has left the senators and is headed to the airport. | |
| We’re hoping to have statements from the meeting participants shortly. | |
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| “My most important meeting of the day,” he says. Rich. | |
| My most important meeting of the day. pic.twitter.com/pnhIRkLPq6 | |
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| A report that Donald Trump is considering Newt Gingrich as vice president prompts musing as to whether and how two noted non-monogamists could use Bill Clinton’s sex scandals against Hillary Clinton (Trump has called Hillary Clinton an “enabler” of Bill Clinton whom he called an “abuser”): | |
| The chutzpah index would explode if these guys tried to hang Bill’s dalliances around Hillary. https://t.co/Q2O38wc1Mq | |
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| How are things going with Trump and the senators, meeting now at the National Republican senatorial committee? | |
| Will Mitch McConnell share Ryan’s stated reservations about endorsing Trump – or will the majority leader and the nominee engage in a faster-moving courtship? | |
| The scene outside the NRSC more than an hour into Trump's meeting with GOP senators. pic.twitter.com/jciN6XDiDI | |
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| What about those minor “policy disputes” (trade, immigration, taxes, entitlements, a religious test for migrants) that separate Donald Trump and Paul Ryan in spite of their agreement on “core principles” (beat Hillary Clinton)? | What about those minor “policy disputes” (trade, immigration, taxes, entitlements, a religious test for migrants) that separate Donald Trump and Paul Ryan in spite of their agreement on “core principles” (beat Hillary Clinton)? |
| Greg Sargent of the Washington Post has a suggestion: | Greg Sargent of the Washington Post has a suggestion: |
| To win over Paul Ryan, Trump simply needs to learn GOP-policy-speak, which should be a snap: https://t.co/jkFglCFT2c | To win over Paul Ryan, Trump simply needs to learn GOP-policy-speak, which should be a snap: https://t.co/jkFglCFT2c |
| 1) Stop saying "deportations" and instead say "enforce the law"2) Agree to "reform and strengthen" entitlements https://t.co/r2KsBWekub | 1) Stop saying "deportations" and instead say "enforce the law"2) Agree to "reform and strengthen" entitlements https://t.co/r2KsBWekub |
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| Reactions to Ryan: people are not scanning Ryan’s statement just then on Trump as a profile in courage, anyhow: | Reactions to Ryan: people are not scanning Ryan’s statement just then on Trump as a profile in courage, anyhow: |
| Ryan desperately wants to have his cake & eat it, too. Wants to back Trump w/out tarnishing reform conservatism. Will it work? Up to Trump. | Ryan desperately wants to have his cake & eat it, too. Wants to back Trump w/out tarnishing reform conservatism. Will it work? Up to Trump. |
| Ryan is a Trump guy now! Also, for the record, a policy guy; a budget guy; a Wisconsin guy; a hunting guy; a regular order guy! | Ryan is a Trump guy now! Also, for the record, a policy guy; a budget guy; a Wisconsin guy; a hunting guy; a regular order guy! |
| "Trump believes in limited government." Not a parody. | "Trump believes in limited government." Not a parody. |
| Irony: Ryan’s endorsement, having been “earned,” will do more to promote Trump than McConnell’s perfunctory insta-cave | Irony: Ryan’s endorsement, having been “earned,” will do more to promote Trump than McConnell’s perfunctory insta-cave |
| Trump & Ryan are those guys who can't stand each other who get handcuffed together, and have to spend the rest of the movie cooperating. | Trump & Ryan are those guys who can't stand each other who get handcuffed together, and have to spend the rest of the movie cooperating. |
| (Paul Ryan looks pensively out his office window, mutters to himself) "I must find out where the people are going so I can lead them." | (Paul Ryan looks pensively out his office window, mutters to himself) "I must find out where the people are going so I can lead them." |
| Yes, folks, Paul Ryan is going to endorse Donald Trump. Not today but he's going to endorse. | Yes, folks, Paul Ryan is going to endorse Donald Trump. Not today but he's going to endorse. |
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| As Paul Ryan in Washington talks about Donald Trump’s “very good personality,” Bernie Sanders in South Dakota ignores him and buys donuts. | As Paul Ryan in Washington talks about Donald Trump’s “very good personality,” Bernie Sanders in South Dakota ignores him and buys donuts. |
| As @BernieSanders picks out donuts at a South Dakota gas station, @SpeakerRyan's press conference plays behind him. pic.twitter.com/0weCr324S5 | As @BernieSanders picks out donuts at a South Dakota gas station, @SpeakerRyan's press conference plays behind him. pic.twitter.com/0weCr324S5 |
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| Ryan describes agreement with Trump on 'core principles' | Ryan describes agreement with Trump on 'core principles' |
| Ryan said he sounded Trump out on his views on abortion, “limited government”, “the constitution”, and “executive power” and he found broad agreement. | Ryan said he sounded Trump out on his views on abortion, “limited government”, “the constitution”, and “executive power” and he found broad agreement. |
| The conversation was “personal,” Ryan said, suggesting that he probed for Trump’s heartfelt views on issues such as opposing reproductive choice, a position to which Trump is a relatively recent arrival. | The conversation was “personal,” Ryan said, suggesting that he probed for Trump’s heartfelt views on issues such as opposing reproductive choice, a position to which Trump is a relatively recent arrival. |
| “We talked about life, the supreme court,” Ryan said. “I was very encouraged with what I heard from Donald Trump today. | “We talked about life, the supreme court,” Ryan said. “I was very encouraged with what I heard from Donald Trump today. |
| “We are planting the seed to get ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences,” he said. | “We are planting the seed to get ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences,” he said. |
| “It was our first meeting. I was very encouraged, but this is a process, it takes a little time. | “It was our first meeting. I was very encouraged, but this is a process, it takes a little time. |
| “There are policy disputes that we will have. There’s no two ways about it. But on core principles, those are the kinds of things that we discussed. | “There are policy disputes that we will have. There’s no two ways about it. But on core principles, those are the kinds of things that we discussed. |
| “In 45 minutes, you don’t litigate all of the issues and all of the processes and the principles.” | “In 45 minutes, you don’t litigate all of the issues and all of the processes and the principles.” |
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| Ryan on Trump's Muslim ban: 'I'm not interested in litigating the past' | Ryan on Trump's Muslim ban: 'I'm not interested in litigating the past' |
| Ryan is asked whether he can get behind Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim migrants and the deportation of undocumented migrants. | Ryan is asked whether he can get behind Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim migrants and the deportation of undocumented migrants. |
| Ryan downplays the importance of any differences the two may have on the issue. | Ryan downplays the importance of any differences the two may have on the issue. |
| “We will have policy disputes,” Ryan says. “I’m not interested in litigating the past. I’m interested in going forward.” | “We will have policy disputes,” Ryan says. “I’m not interested in litigating the past. I’m interested in going forward.” |
| “I represent a wing of the conservative party – he’s bringing a whole new wing. That’s a positive thing.” | “I represent a wing of the conservative party – he’s bringing a whole new wing. That’s a positive thing.” |
| Ryan says that the two shared a “positive vision based on core principles.” | Ryan says that the two shared a “positive vision based on core principles.” |
| The principles include that a Clinton presidency “would be a disaster.” | The principles include that a Clinton presidency “would be a disaster.” |
| When Ryan agrees with Trump that Obama guilty of overreach, it's a "core principle". Disagreement on Muslim ban is a "policy dispute" | When Ryan agrees with Trump that Obama guilty of overreach, it's a "core principle". Disagreement on Muslim ban is a "policy dispute" |
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| Ryan: 'happy to serve as chair' of convention | Ryan: 'happy to serve as chair' of convention |
| Ryan says that after meeting Trump he is happy to serve as chairman of the national convention if Trump wanted him to. | Ryan says that after meeting Trump he is happy to serve as chairman of the national convention if Trump wanted him to. |
| Earlier Ryan had said he was willing to step down in the role if Trump wanted. | Earlier Ryan had said he was willing to step down in the role if Trump wanted. |
| “I thought he was a very good personality. He was a very warm... gentleman. .. I actually had a very pleasant exchange with him.” | “I thought he was a very good personality. He was a very warm... gentleman. .. I actually had a very pleasant exchange with him.” |
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| Ryan: 'I was very encouraged' | Ryan: 'I was very encouraged' |
| Ryan says “it’s no secret that Donald Trump and I have had our differences, and we talked about those differences today” but “I was very encouraged” by the meeting. | Ryan says “it’s no secret that Donald Trump and I have had our differences, and we talked about those differences today” but “I was very encouraged” by the meeting. |
| “It’s very important that we don’t fake unifying... so that we are full strength in the fall,” he says. | “It’s very important that we don’t fake unifying... so that we are full strength in the fall,” he says. |
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| Paul Ryan is speaking. He’s talking about legislation to fight the opioid addiction epidemic. Expected to take questions about Trump. Watch live here: | Paul Ryan is speaking. He’s talking about legislation to fight the opioid addiction epidemic. Expected to take questions about Trump. Watch live here: |
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| Priebus: meeting 'went as well as I'd hoped' | Priebus: meeting 'went as well as I'd hoped' |
| Reince Priebus, the RNC chair, is talking with CNN about the Trump-Ryan meeting, which he said was “positive, it was give-and-take” and “it went as well as I’d hoped.” He said the two shared great chemistry. | Reince Priebus, the RNC chair, is talking with CNN about the Trump-Ryan meeting, which he said was “positive, it was give-and-take” and “it went as well as I’d hoped.” He said the two shared great chemistry. |
| CNN’s Dana Bash asked him whether he felt like a couple’s therapist. He said she wouldn’t have asked that if she’d been in the room because the participants did not feel like a couple in a spat. | CNN’s Dana Bash asked him whether he felt like a couple’s therapist. He said she wouldn’t have asked that if she’d been in the room because the participants did not feel like a couple in a spat. |
| Bash asked him whether a Paul Ryan endorsement of Donald Trump is in the offing. He said it was “a good first step.” | Bash asked him whether a Paul Ryan endorsement of Donald Trump is in the offing. He said it was “a good first step.” |