Trump emissary Ben Carson has reached out to request a private meeting with Ryan, Robert Costa and Philip Rucker report: “The outreach by Carson is an apparent effort both to soothe tensions between Trump and Ryan ... and to establish a framework for that discussion. The discussions come as Trump moved Monday to soften his tone about the Speaker, following several days of heated exchanges … In conversations with Trump in recent days, Carson offered his assistance in brokering a peace with Ryan, telling Trump that he has had a warm rapport with the House Speaker in the past and could be helpful. Trump then gave Carson his blessing to reach out to Ryan."
The Ryan-Trump meeting will focus more on "principles" than "policy." William Bennett, a close friend of the Speaker, said Ryan’s intention is to set expectations low and try to keep relations with Trump from worsening. “It’s not at the level of specific policy,” the former Secretary of Education told Costa in an interview. “It’s at the level of principle ... There are certain principles that define the Republican Party. First principles. Is there agreement there? Can there be, will there be agreement there?”
Ryan told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he’s willing to step down as the GOP’s convention chair if Trump asks him to: "He's the nominee. I'll do whatever he wants with respect to the convention," Ryan said, adding that he hopes he and Trump can get to know each other.
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