If there is party unity, it’s around Mr. Trump, not Mr. Ryan. But if there is any unity in the party, it stems from Mr. Trump’s agenda; Mr. Ryan has struggled to get even basic legislation passed. While Mr. Ryan has weekly news conferences intended to talk about the House agenda, reporters tend to ask him almost exclusively about Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump has already beaten Mr. Ryan’s agenda among Republican voters. That agenda was originally supposed to counter Donald J. Trump, whose views often stand apart from the party’s policy traditions.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2016 13:16 UTC