Ryan Likely to Survive Trump With Marred Presidential Hopes
- U.S. House speaker could face challenge from Trump backers
- Republicans likely to have a slimmer House majority next year
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan will probably be able to survive Donald Trump’s presidential bid with his job intact. But it may be at the cost of his own ambitions for 2020.
Ryan’s anguished on-again, off-again support of Trump has left him in no-man’s land inside the Republican Party -- tainted by his endorsement of the nominee while facing a possible revolt by Trump backers for having largely abandoned him.