--- title: Why Donald Trump's Meeting With Paul Ryan Matters description: Donald Trump will meet with Speaker Ryan on Thursday. Trump may never release his tax returns, which Mitt Romney calls "disqualifying." canonical: https://time.com/4327499/why-donald-trumps-meeting-with-paul-ryan-matters/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-12T13:25:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:09:11.082Z article:section: Politics og:title: Why Donald Trump's Meeting With Paul Ryan Matters og:description: Donald Trump will meet with Speaker Ryan on Thursday. 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Donald Trump on the red carpet at the 2016 Time 100 Gala: "Nobody has told me to act more presidential."_ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller May 12, 2016 1:25 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller May 12, 2016 1:25 PM UTC Presumptive nominee **Donald Trump** will meet with Speaker of the House **Paul Ryan** and other top Republicans in Washington Thursday as they seek to meld their vastly divergent visions for the GOP. Trump’s populist appeal, built on his showman’s personality and sometimes left-of-center economic proposals is on a collision course with Ryan’s conservative approach to policymaking. Where the Speaker has called for growing the party’s support among minorities, Trump’s path to the White House revolves around turning out an even more white electorate in the fall. The highest-ranking elected Republican has yet to endorse Trump, saying the candidate has to do more to assuage the concerns of conservatives. Thursday’s meeting, Ryan allies say, is only the start of a long process of reconciliation that may not be done before the Cleveland convention. On Wednesday, Trump, who had claimed a mandate and control over the party after he secured the nomination last week, offered an olive branch to Ryan, telling Fox News that the Speaker remains the leader of the GOP and may remain so for a while. Trump also appeared to soften his position on a ban on Muslim immigration, saying it was merely “a suggestion.” The ban is one of several major policy sticking points with GOP leadership. After Trump on Tuesday indicated he may never release his tax returns, **Mitt Romney**, a frequent Trump critic, warned that failure to do so was “disqualifying” and indicated Trump had something to hide. Romney, who faced his own calls to release his returns when he was the GOP nominee in 2012, seems to have found limited success, as Trump reversed course to say he hoped to release the documents before Election Day. **Hillary Clinton** faces unity problems of her own, as **Bernie Sanders** continues his nearly impossible quest for the White House. Sanders and his campaign have been constant in their criticism of the Democratic front-runner, and in a fundraising email Wednesday questioned whether Democrats are willing to “roll the dice and court disaster” by nominating Clinton. Trump is open to entitlement changes, a top aide says. **President Obama** will soon be getting involved in the selection of his replacement. And how a bill becomes a wall. Here are your must-reads: **Must Reads** [Why Donald Trump’s Meeting with Paul Ryan Matters ](http://time.com/4327171/donald-trump-paul-ryan-meeting-congress-republicans/)They will decide who controls the GOP \[TIME\] [Trump Adviser Says He’s Open to Entitlement Program Changes ](http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-adviser-says-hes-open-to-entitlement-program-changes-1462997756)Policy chief’s remarks appear to contradict Trump’s earlier positions \[Wall Street Journal\] [Donald Trump Handed Over Tax Returns in Casino Bids ](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/donald-trump-casino-licenses-tax-returns/index.html)Controversy over tax returns unlikely to abate \[CNN\] [FBI’s Comey: I Feel ‘pressure’ to Quickly Finish Clinton Email Probe ](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hillary-clinton-email-investigation-fbi-james-comey-223071)Handling investigation ‘well’ is top priority, FBI director says, rejecting any ‘external deadline’ \[Politico\] [Megyn Kelly Talks Fears, Courage and Donald Trump ](http://time.com/4326784/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-fox-news/)TIME’s Philip Elliott interviews the Fox News host about the GOP nominee **Sound Off** “To pretend we’re unified as a party after coming through a very bruising primary, which just ended like a week ago, to pretend we’re unified without actually unifying, then we go into the fall at half strength.” — Speaker of the House Paul Ryan at a press conference Wednesday “The stakes of this election are high. The President believes that the outcome is critically important. And regardless of what predictions are made about the outcome at this point, the President will be fully engaged in making an argument about having a successor that’s committed to building on the progress that we’ve made over the last seven or eight years.” —White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest Wednesday on President Obama’s plans for the fall **Bits and Bites** [Donald Trump Takes Credit for Budweiser’s ‘America’ Name Change](http://time.com/4326065/donald-trump-budweiser-america/) \[TIME\] [Mitt Romney Calls on Donald Trump to Release Tax Returns](http://time.com/4327012/mitt-romney-donald-trump-tax-returns/) \[TIME\] [Trump: I Don’t Regret McCain Comments, My Poll Numbers Went Up](https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-i-dont-regret-mccain-comments-my-polls-numbers-went-up?utm%5Fterm=.kuBX9g1JG#.qnqP1gJoE) \[BuzzFeed\] [Donald Trump Assumes London’s Muslim Mayor ‘Denies That There’s Islamic Terrorism’](http://time.com/4326491/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-islamic-terrorism/) \[TIME\] [5 Interesting Things We Learned From Presidential Tax Returns](http://time.com/4326267/donald-trump-presidential-tax-returns-list/) \[TIME\] [Paul Ryan Won’t ‘Pretend’ Republican Party Is Unified Before Donald Trump Meeting](http://time.com/4326201/paul-ryan-donald-trump-republicans-unified/) \[TIME\] [How a Bill Becomes a Wall](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/09/politics/donald-trump-mexico-border-wall/index.html) \[CNN\] [Sanders Allies Plot Post-Primary War on Trump](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/sanders-backers-plot-post-primary-war-on-trump-223100) \[Politico\] [Hillary’s New Plan to Trump Trump–by Being Boring](http://time.com/4327422/hillarys-new-plan-to-trump-trump-by-being-boring/) \[TIME\] [Romney Fund-Raiser Says He Had Met With Donald Trump](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/12/romney-fund-raiser-says-he-had-met-with-donald-trump/) \[New York Times\] [Trump Convention Manager Predicts Unity Before Cleveland](http://cnn.it/1qeWpii) \[CNN\] ## Transcript We have had no pressure to act more presidential. Look, we started off with 17 people, all very prominent, mostly senators and governors. And now we're really way ahead of a couple left. And it shouldn't even be a couple, they should drop out because frankly they have no path to victory. So, no, nobody's told me to act more presidential that I can tell you. I think we've gotta keep it the way it is, at least for a while. So you don't, sorry. At least for a while. So you don't plan on changing anything? No, not at all. We have a tremendously successful campaign. It's being talked about all over the world. We've beaten governors, senators, people with great talent, and Great intellect. We've beaten them all and here we are, at Time, so we're very happy about it. No, we're doing really well. It's been a great campaign. 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