--- title: Donald Trump: Paul Ryan Won't 'Pretend' GOP Is Unified description: Speaking the day before his meeting with Donald Trump, Paul Ryan said he will not pretend like the Republican Party is unified. canonical: https://time.com/4326201/paul-ryan-donald-trump-republicans-unified/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-11T15:03:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:09:04.765Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Ryan Won't 'Pretend' Republican Party Is Unified og:description: He sets the stage for a meeting with Donald Trump. og:url: https://time.com/4326201/paul-ryan-donald-trump-republicans-unified/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38cfc518319ef602/698892c58e0601fa78465d32/trump-ryan2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2857 og:image:height: 1607 og:image:alt: trump-ryan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Ryan Won't 'Pretend' Republican Party Is Unified twitter:description: He sets the stage for a meeting with Donald Trump. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38cfc518319ef602/698892c58e0601fa78465d32/trump-ryan2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Won't 'Pretend' Republican Party Is Unified Before Donald Trump Meeting > Sponsored content. 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That means that we need a real unification of our party. Which, look, after a tough primary that’s going to take some effort.” Ryan’s words set the stakes high for his Thursday meeting with Trump, especially since he [has said that he can’t yet support Trump](http://time.com/4320139/donald-trump-paul-ryan-republican-party/?iid=sr-link6) as the [presumptive nominee](http://time.com/4318138/republican-party-donald-trump-john-kasich/?iid=sr-link2). With Ryan likely chairing the Republican convention in July, he only has a few weeks to make peace with Trump and heal the splintered party before the general election begins. “I don’t really know him,” Ryan said of Trump, saying they met in person once in 2012 and spoke on the phone in March. “We just need to get to know each other.” ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:14] I'm just not ready to do that at this point. I'm not there right [00:18] now. And I hope to, though. [00:25] And I want [00:38] to. [ MUSIC ] There are lots of questions that conservatives [00:41] I think are gonna want answers to, myself included. And I [00:44] want to be a part of this unifying process. I want help unify [00:48] this party. But, we have to unify, I think, for us to be [00:51] successful. 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