Ryan cozies up to Trump
The speaker and GOP nominee will appear together on the campaign trail for the first time.
.. Paul Ryan has kept his distance from Donald Trump all year long — occasionally taking him to task, only reluctantly endorsing him and rarely uttering the presidential nominee’s name at the Republican National Convention. But that all changes on Saturday when the two hit the campaign trail together for the first time — an appearance that could reverberate politically for the House speaker beyond the weekend event in Wisconsin.
.. After that, it read: “Presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump will also join Wisconsin Republicans” at the festival.
.. Ryan has been more upbeat about Trump in recent days that he had been. The speaker complimented Trump’s performance in the first debate, even as other Capitol Hill Republicans said it was severely lacking. And he refused to chastise Trump after he criticized a former Miss Universe for gaining weight.