Ryan stands by his Trump endorsement

House Speaker Paul Ryan is reaffirming his support for Donald Trump in his first comments since the Republican nominee declined to endorse the speaker in his upcoming GOP primary.

“I think Donald Trump and I see eye to eye on all those issues”, Pence said.

When WTAQ host Jerry Bader asked Ryan whether he would abandon the endorsement he made of Trump in June, the speaker responded: “None of these things are ever blank checks”.

On Wednesday Ryan flatly warned Trump that his endorsement is not “a blank check” and said the presidential hopeful has “had a pretty unusual run since the convention”.

Thursday’s endorsements mark the second time in two days that Pence has broken with Trump, exposing an embarrassing rift between the Republican establishment and the brash billionaire, despite both parties insisting the are united.

The uproar has led many Republicans to distance themselves from Mr Trump and voice support for the Khan family.

Nehlen has criticized Ryan for supporting global trade deals, calling him a “soulless globalist”.

Wisconsin’s congressional primary elections will take place next Tuesday.

Sen. John McCain did not directly answer a question about whether he felt comfortable with the prospect of Donald Trump having control of the country’s nuclear arsenal.

And Thursday, Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, appeared to follow suit.

Speaking to ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday, Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort said “there’s a conflict within the Trump campaign” about the Ryan primary. Pence didn’t comment on the claim and said the campaign was working closely with state elections officials across the country to “ensure ballot integrity”.

The Arizona senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee also said he isn’t going to expand on the lengthy statement he issued in response to Trump’s criticism of the parents of an Army captain killed in Iraq in 2004. Like Ryan, McCain endorsed Trump, but has also criticized the candidate’s comments about the Khan family.

The first noticeable split between the two came during the Democratic convention, when Trump encouraged Russian Federation to find and make public missing emails deleted by Hillary Clinton from the private servers she used while secretary of state.

“He’s going to support Paul Ryan, he does support Paul Ryan, he said he’s going to work with Paul Ryan”.

Trump’s refutation of Ryan, the nation’s most senior elected Republican, carried particular derision. Walker tweeted a photo of himself and Ryan together with the message, “We stand with Paul Ryan!”.

There’s no indication Trump is unsatisfied with Pence’s approach. “Go ahead and do it, 100 percent, ‘” Trump recalled of his conversation, interrupting his audience when they began to boo Ryan. Yes, Trump certainly is in charge of his own campaign at this point. Trump said the grieving father had “no right” to criticize him but later acknowledged their son is a hero. Bob Dole’s losing bid for the White House in 1996 – and possibly inferring Donald Trump.