--- title: Paul Ryan Talks Donald Trump Meeting: Transcript of Comments description: Here's what Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday about his meeting with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump canonical: https://time.com/4328160/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting-press-conference-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-12T17:37:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:30:39.698Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Paul Ryan's Remarks About His Meeting With Donald Trump og:description: "I heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee" og:url: https://time.com/4328160/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting-press-conference-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8e9a6b32b3cfe5e/698892f73c16391a5245d3bf/paul-ryan-presser.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Speaker Paul Ryan Speaks about Metting with Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Paul Ryan's Remarks About His Meeting With Donald Trump twitter:description: "I heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8e9a6b32b3cfe5e/698892f73c16391a5245d3bf/paul-ryan-presser.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Paul Ryan's Comments About His Meeting With Donald Trump  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 12, 2016 5:37 PM UTC  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds his weekly press conference and answers questions about his meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 12. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds his weekly press conference and answers questions about his meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 12.Samuel Corum—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 12, 2016 5:37 PM UTC At a press conference following his [meeting with Donald Trump](http://time.com/4327171/donald-trump-paul-ryan-meeting-congress-republicans/) on Thursday, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan [called their exchange “encouraging”](http://time.com/4327668/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting/?xid=homepage) and said the process of unifying the party would take more time. Ryan, who still did not endorse presumptive nominee Trump, said the two will need to work to find common ground amid policy disputes. Here are Ryan’s remarks from his weekly press conference Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. --- > “” --- **Read more:** [Paul Ryan Says He Would Step Down As Convention Chair If Trump Wants](http://time.com/4323088/donald-trump-paul-ryan-convention-chair/) --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4328160/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting-press-conference-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4328160/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting-press-conference-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Paul Ryan's Comments About His Meeting With Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-05-12T17:37:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:30:39.698Z","description":"\"I heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee\"","url":"https://time.com/4328160/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting-press-conference-transcript/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Paul Ryan","Donald Trump","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8e9a6b32b3cfe5e/698892f73c16391a5245d3bf/paul-ryan-presser.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8e9a6b32b3cfe5e/698892f73c16391a5245d3bf/paul-ryan-presser.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Speaker Paul Ryan Speaks about Metting with Trump","caption":"Speaker Paul Ryan Speaks about Metting with Trump","creditText":"Samuel Corum—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4328160/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting-press-conference-transcript/","name":"Read Paul Ryan's Comments About His Meeting With Donald Trump"}}]}] ```