Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) are scheduled to meet privately on Thursday, but tensions over Ryan's refusal to endorse Trump surfaced over the weekend. On NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, Trump would not rule out the possibility that he'd try to block Ryan from presiding over the Republican National Convention as chairman if Ryan declines to back him by then. "I don't want to mention now," Trump told NBC's Chuck Todd. "I'll see after. I will give you a very solid answer, if that happens." He added that he isn't "annoyed" by Ryan's lack of endorsement, and that if Ryan doesn't fall in line, "I don't think it hurts me at all.... If he doesn't want to support me, that's fine."
Also on Sunday, Trump backer Sarah Palin said she will work to unseat Ryan in the Republican primary in August, citing his refusal to endorse Trump. Ryan is just one issue Trump needs to address before the Republican convention in July. Unless there is a deal, Ted Cruz's almost 600 delegates could vote against Trump at the convention, and Cruz has not said whether he supports embarrassing Trump or not. "It is in Sen. Cruz's interests to eventually be visibly supportive of Donald Trump as the Republican nominee," senior Trump adviser Paul Manafort told The New York Times.
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