Donald Trump said he would “love” for House Speaker Paul Ryan to remain as chairman of the Republican National Convention this summer in Cleveland.
“I’d love frankly for him to stay and be chairman,” Trump said during an interview with Fox’s Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday night.
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Trump and Ryan are scheduled to meet Thursday to try and squash tensions that broke into public view last week when the House speaker said he was not ready to endorse the presumptive GOP nominee. In response, Trump then said he was “not ready to support Speaker Ryan’s agenda.”
On Monday, Ryan said he would step down as chairman of the convention if Trump asked.
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