--- title: Donald Trump: 'Shackles Coming Off' Campaign description: Under increased criticism from Republican leaders, Donald Trump said on Twitter that he is going to fight his campaign his own way. canonical: https://time.com/4526492/donald-trump-paul-ryan-shackles/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-11T14:30:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:07:42.247Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Says He's Taking 'Shackles Off' His Campaign og:description: He attacked the Republican Establishment Tuesday. og:url: https://time.com/4526492/donald-trump-paul-ryan-shackles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43108789af3c4045/6988a9850b72e3023d6eb4f2/donald-trump-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 10, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Says He's Taking 'Shackles Off' His Campaign twitter:description: He attacked the Republican Establishment Tuesday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43108789af3c4045/6988a9850b72e3023d6eb4f2/donald-trump-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says He's Taking the 'Shackles Off' His Campaign by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Oct 11, 2016 2:30 PM UTC  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 10, 2016. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 10, 2016.DOMINICK REUTER—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Oct 11, 2016 2:30 PM UTC Under increased criticism from Republican leaders, Donald Trump said on Twitter that he is going to fight his campaign his own way—and that includes taking on the Republican Establishment directly. In tweets posted mid-morning Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee said that Speaker Paul Ryan was “weak and ineffective” as well as disloyal and said Democrats have proven to be more loyal to each other. He added that frees him to be his own man, essentially. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/785842546878578688) Trump has faced increased criticism from Republicans, including a number who have rescinded their endorsements, since a tape surfaced last week which showed him bragging about touching women without their consent. He apologized in a video, calling it “locker room banter.” Ryan [has not formally rescinded](http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-campaign-2016-updates-morning-1476120502-htmlstory.html) his endorsement of Trump, but his recent comments have indicated that he is comfortable with Republican members of the House going their own way as they run for re-election. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4526492/donald-trump-paul-ryan-shackles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4526492/donald-trump-paul-ryan-shackles/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says He's Taking the 'Shackles Off' His Campaign","datePublished":"2016-10-11T14:30:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:07:42.247Z","description":"Under increased criticism from Republican leaders, Donald Trump said on Twitter that he is going to fight his campaign his own way.","url":"https://time.com/4526492/donald-trump-paul-ryan-shackles/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","Bill Clinton","Paul Ryan","Debates"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43108789af3c4045/6988a9850b72e3023d6eb4f2/donald-trump-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43108789af3c4045/6988a9850b72e3023d6eb4f2/donald-trump-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 10, 2016.","caption":"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 10, 2016.","creditText":"DOMINICK REUTER—AFP/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/4526492/donald-trump-paul-ryan-shackles/","name":"Donald Trump Says He's Taking the 'Shackles Off' His Campaign"}}]}] ```