Analysis: Paul Ryan's Trump dilemma has gotten much, much worse

[riversedge]

Trump will be in GreenBay WI on Friday and Ryan will not attend--neither will Scott Walker.


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Analysis: Paul Ryan's Trump dilemma has gotten much, much worse

MIKE DeBONIS | The Washington Post 2 hrs ago 6

The uncomfortable truce meant to keep the Republican Party united through Election Day is now hanging by the slimmest of threads. And all that is keeping the GOP from outright civil war is a raw political calculation from the party's self-styled guardian of conservative principles.

For months, House Speaker Paul Ryan agonized as Donald Trump trampled on long-held GOP doctrine with his populist rage as he edged closer to the party's presidential nomination. But once Trump had the nomination in hand — and after Ryan withheld his endorsement for weeks — an informal deal seemed to emerge.

Ryan, Wis., would campaign on his "Better Way" policy platform and make the case that Trump would be the candidate most likely to enact it into law, and Trump would "pivot" into a more conventional general-election presidential campaign.



That deal evaporated Tuesday, when Trump refused to endorse Ryan's re-election in an interview with the Phil Rucker and gave precious oxygen to his populist Republican opponent just a week before the primary...........................

[DonViejo]

1. Wouldn't be surprised if Ryan's henchmen told "Snotty Scotty" to not show up. eom