--- title: Donald Trump Campaign 'Conflict' Over Paul Ryan Endorsement description: Donald Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, said there's a "conflict" within the campaign regarding endorsements of primary candidates canonical: https://time.com/4438707/donald-trump-paul-manafort-primary-endorsements-conflict/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-04T14:57:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:46.628Z article:section: Politics og:title: 'Conflict' in Trump Campaign Over Ryan Endorsement og:description: Campaign manager noted that Speaker's challenger is a "strong supporter" og:url: https://time.com/4438707/donald-trump-paul-manafort-primary-endorsements-conflict/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte91864f5116f6410/6988a116196cf42fc703cbb0/paul-manafort-endorsement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: The 2016 Republican National Convention og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Conflict' in Trump Campaign Over Ryan Endorsement twitter:description: Campaign manager noted that Speaker's challenger is a "strong supporter" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte91864f5116f6410/6988a116196cf42fc703cbb0/paul-manafort-endorsement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Manafort: There's 'Conflict' in Donald Trump Campaign Over Paul Ryan Endorsement > Sponsored content. 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Paul Manafort, campaign manager for Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, speaks during a Bloomberg Politics interview on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 18, 2016. Patrick Fallon—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Aug 4, 2016 2:57 PM UTC Donald Trump’s campaign manager said Thursday that there’s a [“conflict” within the campaign](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/paul-manafort-acknowledges-conflict-trump-campaign-paul-ryan/story?id=41113333) regarding endorsements of primary candidates, following controversy over Trump’s [hesitation to endorse](http://time.com/4435974/donald-trump-paul-ryan-john-mccain-endorse/) a couple high-profile Republicans. “There’s a conflict within the Trump campaign, and we’ve sort of had a rule of not getting involved in primaries because it’s usually not a good situation for the presidential candidate,” Paul Manafort said Wednesday morning on [_Good Morning America_](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/paul-manafort-acknowledges-conflict-trump-campaign-paul-ryan/story?id=41113333). Trump [hasn’t yet endorsed](http://time.com/4435974/donald-trump-paul-ryan-john-mccain-endorse/) Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, saying “I’m just not quite there yet”—a phrase that echoed [Ryan’s initial hesitation](http://time.com/4320139/donald-trump-paul-ryan-republican-party/) to endorse Trump as the presidential nominee. But Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Trump’s running mate, [offered his endorsement](http://time.com/4437376/mike-pence-endorsed-paul-ryan/) of Ryan on Wednesday. “I strongly support Paul Ryan, strongly endorse his reelection,” he said. Ryan eventually [endorsed Trump](http://time.com/4355647/paul-ryan-donald-trump-vote-endorsement/) in June, but has since repeatedly [voiced disagreement](http://time.com/4359768/paul-ryan-donald-trump-judge-curiel-racism/) with some of Trump’s policies and public comments. Meanwhile, Trump tweeted at Ryan’s primary opponent, Paul Nehlen, this week. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/760255085561597952) “Of course he’s going to work with Paul Ryan, of course he’s tried to bridge the party together with Paul Ryan, but Ryan is also running against somebody who’s not going to win but nonetheless is a strong supporter of Mr. Trump’s,” Manafort said on Wednesday, about Trump. And he said Trump’s hesitation to get involved will apply to other primary races. “It’s not just in Paul Ryan’s district,” Manafort said. “That gets all the notoriety because he’s the Speaker.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4438707/donald-trump-paul-manafort-primary-endorsements-conflict/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4438707/donald-trump-paul-manafort-primary-endorsements-conflict/"},"headline":"Paul Manafort: There's 'Conflict' in Donald Trump Campaign Over Paul Ryan Endorsement","datePublished":"2016-08-04T14:57:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:46.628Z","description":"Manafort noted that Ryan's challenger is a \"strong supporter\" of Donald Trump","url":"https://time.com/4438707/donald-trump-paul-manafort-primary-endorsements-conflict/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election","Congress","Paul Ryan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte91864f5116f6410/6988a116196cf42fc703cbb0/paul-manafort-endorsement.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/blte91864f5116f6410/6988a116196cf42fc703cbb0/paul-manafort-endorsement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2016 Republican National Convention","caption":"The 2016 Republican National Convention","creditText":"Patrick Fallon—Bloomberg/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/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4438707/donald-trump-paul-manafort-primary-endorsements-conflict/","name":"Paul Manafort: There's 'Conflict' in Donald Trump Campaign Over Paul Ryan Endorsement"}}]}] ```